Indigo Horsehide
A local vintage store has sunshine yellow barn doors, west facing so they glow in the afternoon light. The perfect backdrop for my indigo horse boys to say goodbye.
Taken on April 2, 2024
Y'2 Leather
Work Boot
Standard & Strange
A year earlier, I'd bought a Y2 jacket in indigo dyed horsehide from Standard & Strange. When I saw these boots release, I also saw the opportunity to see the future of this leather – to send them ahead and see how my jacket would eventually be. I had the chance to document this leather for other people, and to remedy the scarcity of information available.
The advice was to take these half down from brannock – I took TTS due to availability and was glad that I did. Half down may have suited a narrower foot but TTS was the right choice.
Standard and strange were, as always, helpful and communicative