There’s something special about getting a bespoke item made just for your body. True bespoke craftsmanship tailors to the human form, and while this kind of fashion may cost more than fast fashion, it’s sustainable, unique, and money-saving in the long run. In the small town of Baden-Baden in southwest Germany, Vickermann and Stoya, a bespoke cobbler, is making famous a craft that’s hard to find in 2022. Bespoke shoemaking was popular well into the 19th century. Customers would visit a shop, have their measurements and requests taken, and return at a later date to pick up their custom footwear. Industrialization morphed into industrial mass production and forever changed shoemaking, turning bespoke shoes into a rarity. Many of today’s shoes don’t carry the same high-quality, traditional craftsmanship skills and attention to detail they once did. Matthias Vickermann and Martin Stoya understand the value of traditional shoemaking. They make and repair …