SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The Board of Education in Michigan will be hosting a class on “basic bootblacking” on April 3 at their Southfield locations. From their Fetlife post: This class will cover basic leather care, preservation, and polish, including techniques for footwear, garments and accessories. We’ll explore the differences between chair and table service, and…
FLINT — Bootblacking is the art and craft of caring for leather items, including boots, shoes, jackets, vests, pants, chaps and leather toys. Bootblacking is different from shoe shining because bootblacks recognize and understand the importance, meaning and history that the leather items often have for the wearer. It can also be an erotic expression…
Meghan, hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, took to bootblacking early in her leather career. “From across the room, I saw the Resident Bootblack working on a man’s vest and it was so erotic to me. It ended up turning into almost a scene. From that night, I knew this was what I was meant to do.”…
DETROIT – Bootblacking is the art and craft of caring for leather items, including boots, shoes, jackets, vests, pants, chaps and leather toys. Bootblacking is different from shoeshining because bootblacks recognize and understand the importance, meaning and history that the leather items often have for the wearer. It can also be an erotic expression of…
DETROIT – The July bootblack laboratory is almost upon us. RSVP here if you are interested in attending: https://fetlife.com/events/337909 Many of you who attended the party on the 18th may have seen me working for much of the night. If you were curious and/or fascinated and/or intrigued by what in the heck was going on…
DETROIT – The DABBL Open Labs continue in the month of November! Bring your kits, your project leather or just your excitement and willingness to learn! We’re open to all levels of learners, from ultra-experienced to brand new novices. If you’re more interested in receiving some bootblacking love, come wearing your leathers and someone might…
DETROIT – This will be a basic boot blacking class. I will provide a variety of examples of leather care and boot polishing. We will discuss examples what you may find in a basic boot blacking kit. I will have several different examples of kits and leather care products for you to examine. I will demonstrate…
CHICAGO – Pick up new leather at IML or just need to learn to take care of the leather you already own? Come to the CPP Bootblacking class, being hosted at the Leather Rose Association. Due to the LRA being a nonprofit and we are renting their space, everyone will need to bring a minimum…
SAN FRANCISCO – In 1999, International Ms Leather owner Amy Marie Meek (owner 1995-2006; IMsL 1993) expanded the annual IMsL Weekend to include a new contest: International Ms Bootblack (IMsBB). At the time, it was the only international forum in which woman-identified individuals could demonstrate their bootblacking skills in order to compete for an international bootblacking…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Bootblacking has been a longstanding tradition in the Leather Lifestyle. Whether you approach it as a fetish, or a path to be followed, bootblacks have been the workhorses who care for its second skins as long as anyone can remember. MAsT: Grand Rapids is honored to welcome Great Lakes Bootblack 2012…
