Since 1905, Red Wing Shoes has never wavered in the commitment to quality. By combining the finest leathers and premium materials with uncompromising craft, Red Wing Heritage continues to build upon a legacy of USA-made excellence to create iconic lifestyle footwear. The boots built today are as enduring as the archival styles they are inspired from.
Equally, Engineered Garments was founded by Daiki Suzuki in New York in 1999, after taking inspiration from his years buying for the Nepenthes stores in their early stages, and combining it with his own vision. As a brand, our aim is to make garments that become more personal through the experiences you have with them. We value unique garment construction with attention to detail, with meaning and hidden qualities behind each design. We venture into conflicting themes, straying from “perfect design”. We are not designed but engineered.
So when the Red Wing Heritage design team sat down with Engineered Garments, the renowned Japanese-American brand founder, Daiki Suzuki, they shared their passion for design, quality and special materials. Daiki always wanted to work on a Red Wing Classic, and it was the rebirth of the oxford moc toe “The Shop Moc” that caught his eye. Working with different leathers and adding a storm welt to the moc toe the EG Shop Moc was born.
The Shop Moc Oxford is a shoe that can be traced back to style no. 895 when the oxford version first appeared in the Red Wing Shoe catalog in 1954; just two years after the release of the iconic 8-in Classic Moc. Today, the Shop Moc Oxford draws inspiration from this style and its iconic best-selling siblings at taller heights. This limited edition collection features storm welt construction, Puritan triple stitching, Traction Tred outsole, and leather insole with an added heel pad for comfort. Several leather colors and textures create the easy, ankle- height oxford that delivers in a premium shoe bag and archive-inspired Irish Setter branded box.
Storm welt construction is a method used in the making of boots and shoes to connect the upper to the sole. The Storm welt is a slight modification of the Goodyear welt, designed for rougher climates and used by Red Wing Shoes since the 1920s. Rather than stitching the leather welt flat between the midsole and upper, the leather welt is split and attached to the upper and midsole in a way that blocks out rain and water.
Traction Tred is undoubtedly the most iconic and well-known Red Wing Shoes outsole with a history of more than 60 years. The soft, yet durable material provides all-day comfort and the unique zig-zag pattern offers traction while leaving mud and dirt behind. Today, the men’s Heritage Traction Tred outsole offers a natural grip with styrene-butadiene blown rubber from Vibram.
