When Joshua Bingaman left Progress Coffee to start up Helm Boots, going from javamonger to cordwainer as if hellbent for leather, did we suspect his emporium of remarkably stylish yet unquestionably durable footwear would take the world by storm? No, but we're reminded that it has – every time someone looks at the American-made goods we walked up in and goes, "Daaaamn, brother, where'd you get those boots?"
