Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co. Collaboration Boots

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.

The Red Wing #875 gets completely deconstructed and reconstructed when Black Bear Brand teams up with the Greenwich Vintage Co. Mainly hand constructed – how else would you do this – the leather gets dyed a perfectly consistent solid black. But the change doesn’t end there. The inside receives a new groundwork for those tired feed, and an impressive sole. Finally, black chrome eyelets.

This type of work must be reserved for serious cobblers. Greenwich Vintage Co. is known for re-crafting and re-purposing (really) good looking men’s shoes. When they take on a rugged boot, the results are only what we’d expect from the experts.

The collaboration hits Black Bear Union on November 20th.

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.

Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Underway on the transformation of these Red Wing #875 boots.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Black chrome eyelets are swapped in.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Connecting the new sole to the boot requires some clamps.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Underway in the transformation, these boots are completely un-done then re-done.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Greenwich Vintage’s Master Cobbler, Tamas “Zen” Pomazi, leads out on the transformation.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

We get to see some shoe manufacturing devices we're not quite familiar with.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

The midnight black color is incredibly consistently applied.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

A black 6 iron midsole is sewn on.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

It takes a lot of tools to make, or re-make a pair of boots.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Nearly complete, the recolored Red Wing #875 boot is close to completion.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

A custom stamp is added as a finishing touch.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

Here we get a glance of the boots before the new sole is added on.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

From all angles, the Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co. boot is spectacular.
Black Bear Brand x Greenwich Vintage Co.

The results are beyond slick looking. The collaboration drops on November 20th at Black Bear Union.