Withered Fig x High Side Promotion - Supporting Small Businesses
We’ve teamed up with High Side to offer $10 GC to their restaurant bar for every $50 spent at Withered Fig. This is a limited opportunity to help support two small businesses at once!
Viberg for Withered Fig Brown Waxed Flesh Horsebutt Bobcat Boot
Just in time to show off at your next online video hangout, we bring you the latest Viberg for Withered Fig. This Viberg Bobcat make-up was inspired from one of my original Goodyear welted (GYW) boots from way back when, the Red Wing Beckman. Obviously there’s a lot of differences from the leather to soles, the speed-hooks to the pull-tab, but the inspiration is there and we thought it only proper to give the nod …
Schott for 3sixteen Perfecto and A-2 Flight Jackets (2020)
3sixteen and Schott NYC come together for their fourth year collaboration, featuring the beloved Perfecto Jacket and a new A-2 Flight Jacket, both in a tea-core chromexcel horsehide leather. Despite us being relatively small and having never carried any leather jackets before, we were delighted and honored when 3sixteen reached out to us to ask about our interest in being one of the select retailers offering this release. We will be releasing the Schott for …
Bedo’s Leatherworks - Installing Lulu Toe Taps with Steve Doudaklian
We spent an hour chatting with Steve Doudaklian of Bedo’s Leatherworks in Falls Church, VA while he effortlessly added Lulu Toe Taps to our Viberg Crust Horsebutt “Franklin” 145 Oxford. Toe taps are one of those things that you never knew you really needed until you see it. Without further delay, read on for the basics of how a metal toe tap is added to your shoe, sprinkled with some random questions and tidbits from Steve throughout.
Merz b. Schwanen Interview - Just Old Machines, or Loopwheelers?
Merz b. Schwanen in its current form is not that old. But behind the current brand is a long history dating back to 1911. Starting in 2011, Peter and Gitta Plotnicki introduced the first line of the contemporary Merz b. Schwanen line at the Bread and Butter trade show in Berlin, Germany and have gone through many iterations of their knits to bring to realization the current popular knits – 1950s tees, 206 henleys, 207 short-sleeve henleys – in their current format.
2019 Thanksgiving and Black Friday Capsule
We’re big fans of Thanksgiving here at Withered Fig (who isn’t!?), and we are so grateful for all of our local and online customers from across the US and the world who have supported us – whether that was from day one or just recently. As one of the ways we say thanks, we’re offering our Thanksgiving Promotion at the same time that we drop our Black Friday Capsule + Dehen 1920 FW19, both releasing …
Viberg for Withered Fig "Franklin" Crust Horsebutt 145 Oxford
Our newest Viberg for Withered Fig has been a long time coming. We started outlining the details with Viberg back in February, and after seven months and many emails back and forth, we have exactly what we were looking for. Although we originally code-named it the “Summer oxford,” it’s obviously dropping now, just in time for the Fall season. This 145 Oxford is a blend of classy and rugged, but with an overall leaning towards …
[Worn] Viberg for Withered Fig Tobacco Chamois RO Service Boot - Three Month Review
Viberg for Withered Fig Tobacco Chamois RO ‘Marvington II’ Service Boot is restocking on Friday, July 1st, 2022 at Noon EST. Note that any mentions of a pre-order below are from the original post from 2019 (left unedited), and there are currently no available pre-orders as of July 2022. Viberg Tobacco Chamois Roughout Service Boot is the second iteration of the “Marvington” boot series that we brainstormed in collaboration with @marvaments and @cuffington. The ‘Marvington II’ …