Boston - November 05, 2007

Footloose and Fancy Free

Quoddy Trail Footwear

That almost instinctual craving for apple-picking and leaf-peeping kicked in the day you saw your first amber maple.

Yet you’ve managed to put off the annual fall hayride until your feet were covered: Nothing poops the party sooner than uncomfortable, underperforming, or ugly shoes. This season you’d best be shod in Quoddy Trail’s hand-sewn boots and moccasins.

Constructed by the Shorey family in genuine tradition in Downeast Maine, the unisex styles are rugged, luxurious, and timeless all at once. And because each pair is made to order, special widths or sizes are happily accommodated.

Slip on the smooth leather boat shoes for a tidy, trad look; they have rubber soles for the slipperiest grip. The rawhide-laced Grizzly boots employ pebbled leather uppers and a deerskin lining to keep toes to ankles toasty and dry. For supremely chilly nights, a luxe sheepskin lining is heaven.

Kinda like running through piles of fallen leaves.

Available online at quoddytrail.com.