Red Wing boots are known for their burgundy, weather-withstanding, look-better-with-age quality. But those traditional Red Wings have gotten a serious style upgrade when these two brands set out to re-envision this incredibly popular boot.
All photos courtesy of Black Bear Union.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co. Collaboration Boots
A Seattle original, Black Bear Brand, has teamed up with the Greenwich Vintage Co. to create hand dyed and doctored timeless boots.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Underway on the transformation of these Red Wing #875 boots.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Black chrome eyelets are swapped in.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Connecting the new sole to the boot requires some clamps.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Underway in the transformation, these boots are completely un-done then re-done.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Greenwich Vintage’s Master Cobbler, Tamas “Zen” Pomazi, leads out on the transformation.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
We get to see some shoe manufacturing devices we're not quite familiar with.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
The midnight black color is incredibly consistently applied.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
A black 6 iron midsole is sewn on.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
It takes a lot of tools to make, or re-make a pair of boots.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Nearly complete, the recolored Red Wing #875 boot is close to completion.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
A custom stamp is added as a finishing touch.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
Here we get a glance of the boots before the new sole is added on.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
From all angles, the Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co. boot is spectacular.
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Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.
The results are beyond slick looking. The collaboration drops on November 20th at Black Bear Union.
