The other week we had a event in the shop focusing on Red Wing boots! A big part of the evening was that Jenny and Anders from Red Wing stopped by the store to meet and greet and they also brought samples of the entire Red Wing Womens line in order to show that Red Wing Heritage make more women's styles than we carry.
During the event we also rigged up our photo studio and offered to take pictures of peoples worn-in Red Wings! We did'nt know what to expect, and were happily surprised of how many boots we got to see. Another good thing was that we made sure to collect stories about the boots from the people who wore them!
For us, this is what our work is all about; things that can be worn for a long time and that will become part of your everyday life, evolving with time and telling the story of what you've been through together.
Here are some of the boots we got to see!
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Owner: Niklas Jönsson
Model: Vintage Red Wing Pecos
Years of use: 7
Story: Niklas found these boots in a vintage shop seven years ago and has used them a lot ever since.
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Owner: Gustav Skoogh
Model: Red Wing Style No. 9016
Years of use: 7
Story: Gustav helps us out in the store from time to time and he got this pair of boots here seven years ago, and he has been walking many miles in them since then.
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Owner: Byron Ingleston
Model: Limited edition, indigo dyed by Tenue de Nimes
Years of use: ?
Story: Some years ago the shop Tenue de Nimes in Amsterdam released a limited number of indigo dyed moc toes and this is one of them. They are heavily used but you can still see the pale blue indigo that is wearing in nicely.
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Owner: Karl-Gunnar Norén
Model: Red Wing Moc toe
Years of use: 9
Story: Karl-Gunnar is a Swedish author with a passion for expeditions and the North African region during world war two. These boots have been used a lot and traveled with Karl-Gunnar to many places across the globe such as the old battlefield of El Alamein, the location for the Bir Hakeim battle, the site where Siege of Tobruk took place, Svalbard, old battlegrounds in northern Norway and Walcheren. Through all this travels the boots have had to withstand all kinds of weather and they have always been a reliable part of Karl-Gunnars wardrobe. They been resoled once.
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Owner: Johannes Reusser
Model: Red Wing Style No. 8113
Years of use: ?
Story: Johannes bought these boots in our shop a few year back. He had seen an old version of the iconic work boot made in a two-tone, so he decided to dye the toe and the heel to give them the desired look!
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Owner: Björn Tallving
Model: Red Wing Style No. 8113
Years of use: 21
Story: These boots wear bought by Björn in New York back in 96 and they have served him well ewer since. Resoled twice by Dennis at Södermalms sko och nyckel service.
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Owner: Stefan Rosén
Model: Red Wing Huntsman
Years of use: 3
Story: Stefan saw these boots when he happened to step into our shop for the first time a few years back. This limited edition of the Huntsman boot caught his attention and has been worn a lot ever since.
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Owner: Von Sven
Model: Red Wing Iron Ranger 8111
Years of use: 8
Story: These boots have been worn by Von Sven since 2009. Sven's occupation is custom sign painting and pin striping and the boots have been traveling with Sven and his painting gear all around Europe and also in the States. He says that the only drawback with the boots is that they always set of the metal detectors at the airports!
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Owner: Peter Faehnrich
Model: Vintage Lined Red Wing Boots
Years of use: 4
Story: Peter found these boots at the St. Pauli flea market in Hamburg, Germany. When he found them they wear still packed in the original Red Wing box.
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Owner: Daniel Backmann
Model: Vintage Red Wing Pecos
Years of use: 8 months
Story: Daniel got these vintage Pecos eight moths ago and has been wearing them since then. This is the classic Red Wing Cowboy boot will go strong for years to come.
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Owner: Henrik Larsson
Model: Red Wing 8167 Round Toe
Years of use: 5-6 years
Story: Henrik works as a mailman and has been walking in these boots a lot since he got them five or six years back!
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Owner: Jan Pålsson
Model: Red Wing 2268 Engineer Boots
Years of use: ?
Story: Jan got this pair to wear when riding his 71 BMW bike built by 654 Motors here in Stockholm. He decorated them with rivets on the straps but he only had five so one got three and the other one got two!
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Owner: Hampus Henningsson
Model: Red Wing 8111 Iron Ranger
Years of use: 4
Story: Hampus made some leatherwork for a store located in Linköping, Sweden and as part of the payment he got this pair of boots that have been worn a lot for the past four years.
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