Hard-working boot-kicks with global DNA, Carhartt x Diemme Marostica 2013 teams up the Michigan, USA, workwear giant with Italian footwear design and manufacture masters Diemme (Gucci and Chanel to Nonnative), who design in collaboration with Norway’s Blender Agency and Japan’s GMT Tokyo. Their minimal, no-nonsense version of the Marostica comes in brown canvas lowcut, and black suede mid, both with vulcanized rubber sole, double tongue for extra padding, leather-trimmed stitched heel pull, metal lace hardware, and embossed Diemme for Carhartt logo. About $330 (low) and $405 (mid).

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