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Showing our prototypes The nice thing about slowly building a brand, is really putting all your attention and effort in new developments. To do things right, you need to take...
In the beautiful South of the Netherlands, our very own studio will be realized. It’s in the heart of the historical leather region called ‘De Langstraat’, in a small town…
It’s always nice to get attention. This time it is the world-famous Playboy that writes about our brand. In their beautiful magazine they highlight our Natural Leather Classic Boots in the…
Last weekend we participated for the first time at the New Heritage Festival in Dusseldorf. This great two days consumer-focussed indoor festival has its focus on timeless, quality, and unique…
Long John is an online magazine established in 2011 by Wouter Munnichs. Also one of the co-founders of Butts and Shoulders. Long John shares daily the latest news about denim and high-quality made...
Butts and Shoulders only works with partners that are committed to the method of vegetable tanning. No chemicals are used during this special natural tanning process. For our Weekender we…
We get a lot of questions about the sizing of our products. Therefore we’ve contacted some of our proud Boots owners to help us. We’ve made a roadmap which will…
In the five year of our existence we have committed ourselves to deliver the best quality footwear. To ensure this, we have been on several quests in Portugal to find...
Last week we went to Berlin to visit the trade shows to check out the upcoming Spring Summer 2020 collections. After Pitti in Florence, Berlin is the city to go…
Our New Fans One of our latest Butts and Shoulders fans is Dutch musician Douwe Bob. In fact, not only Douwe is a fan, his entire band fell in love…
Denim connects people. Same as authentic durable products like our Butts and Shoulders leather items. Last weekend a bunch of denimheads organized their first edition of The Hague Denim Hang….
It’s already more than 3 years ago that we launched our first pair of boots. The boots are named Classic Boots as these are our ultimate classics, our all-time favorite…
Jeffry Lek The Hague, The Netherlands Age: 41 Instagram ID: thehaguedenim Number of Instagram followers: 17.000 Daily work: Master of Advanced Nursing Practice in Mental Health My name is Jeffry Lek and I…
Matthias Hampel Taipei, Taiwan- born in Germany Age: 36 Instagram ID: stranded_in_taiwan Number of Instagram followers: 500 Daily work: General Manager of the branch office of a German chemical company I am…
Meet the Person behind the Sneakers: Name: Thorsten Kacsich Living in village & country: Düsseldorf, Germany Age: 56 Daily work: teacher, mathematics and physics I am a physicist. I worked…
Meet the person: Ryan Cheng Living in Taipei, Taiwan Age: 29 Instagram ID: apon228 Number of Instagram followers: 1.700 Daily work: Wireless Communication Engineer My name is Ryan Cheng from Taipei Taiwan, I…
Brian Hawkins aka BootHunter Living in the mountains and desert of San Diego California, USA Age: 46 Instagram ID: BootHunter Number of Instagram followers: 27.000 Website: BootHunterBlog Daily work: university…
It is a well-known phenomenon in the world of shoes, the Goodyear Welted method. But for many this is an unknown concept. What does it mean exactly? And why…
Butts and Shoulders is a special brand that operates different than usual. This is partly due to the initiator Hans Boons (58 years old). He came up with the idea…
It has been a tough time for fashion retailers, because of declining visitors and the rise of online webshops. Several retailers who have survived the tough period, did this by…
