With age comes wisdom and experience. Experience adds character to everything in life. The Rugged Collection by Red Wing Shoe Company is infused with a lifetime of experience – before it ever hits the stores.

Modeled after original 1950s Red Wing designs, the Rugged Collection was put through the wringer – literally – and reintroduced to retail shelves as a new line that adds character and individuality to an already unique product. Through a special procedure rooted in true craftsmanship and precision, the boots in this collection appear to have had a whole life of work behind them, displaying the nicks and dings of truly lived-in footwear.

This limited-edition collection will hit the European market in October 2009 and will be uniquely packaged in vintage inspired boxes with hangtags. These boots are made in Red Wing, Minn., and enhanced in Italy. They will be available in 20 stores in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Take a more detailed look at the Red Wing Rugged Collection after the jump.

To wrap up the Ronnie Fieg x Red Wing collaboration we take a look at the third and final piece of the collection, the “Ashy Navy” 875. For this year’s 6” make-up, a unique shade of Navy distressed leather was chosen and to stay consistent with his previous two 875 make-ups he keeps the black welt and black heel spike along with two leather lace options of navy or black. Priced at $250, these will be available with the rest of the collection this Thursday at 10:00am online at Davidz.com as well as the David Z. flagship store in Soho.

Detailed images of the Ronnie Fieg x Red Wing 6″ Navy Ash 875 Boots follow after the jump.

Red Wing gets together with Ronnie Fieg of David Z. for the third straight year to work on the 877 8” classic. For this project they brought back the “Ashy Grey” leather, a successful collaboration from last fall, along with Red Wing’s most classic and recognizable colorway, the Oro Russet. Both boots come with two sets of laces including a leather option, and are both limited to 120 pairs priced at $290.00. They will be released at 10:00 am on Thursday October 15th at the David Z. flagship store as well as the web store, DavidZ.com.

Detailed images of both colorways of the Red Wing Boot follow after the jump.

The Chukka is one of our favorite styles from the Red Wing lifestyle collection. Now that the summer is once again over for most of us, we are looking for the perfect winter boot and the Chukka falls right into that category. It comes in beige suede, as well as different brown leather tones and goes with pretty much every look. The Red Wing Chukka is now available in three colorways from Tres Bien.

Detailed images of the boots follow after the jump.

Red Wing Shoes worked closely with J. Crew’s design team to re-craft a popular vintage boot from their archives. “Made with Copper Rough & Tough full-grain Red Wing leather, custom-tanned in their own tannery using premium U.S. cattle hides and triple-stitched with signature black-and-white waxed threads. Sturdy direct-attach Goodyear welt construction. Leather trim details. Both nylon and rawhide laces are included. Brass eyelets and hooks with a gunmetal finish. Unlined. Rubber urethane sole. USA.” The higher cut and black rubber sole make this a nice alternative to the omnipresent 875.

The J. Crew x Red Wing Vintage Leather Work Boots are now available at J. Crew.

The classic Red Wing 879 Boots will be coming in a special new make-up this coming week, as an exclusive pre-release at two stores in Berlin. Red Wing has been making premium boots in the US since the beginning of the 20th century and continues to produce their boots in the US today. The iconic 879 boots are in the market since 1953 and they have not changed since. For Bread & Butter the boot will come in a limited edition raw leather variation, where the flesh side of the leather has been turned outside. Limited to only 44 pairs, 22 pairs will be going to Burg & Schild and the other 22 pairs will go to 14 oz. in Berlin. Later this year more retailers will also be receiving the boots.

A solid new mid Moccasin is coming from the Red Wing Spring 2009 Collection. The upper is made of Hawthorne Muleskinner (rough out suede) in a nice beige tone. That combined with the premium leather laces makes for an overall solid shoe. They will be available at David Z. from today. Via Cultureshoq.

More images of the moccasin follow after the jump.

After their recent collaboration with Canada Goose, Boston’s Concepts once again impresses us with their upcoming Red Wing boot collaboration on the 875 boots. The boot comes in a nice brown leather and waxed olive canvas, features red laces, white sole and nice white contrasting stitching. The Concepts logo has been embossed on the tongue.

The Red Wing x Concepts Boots will be released in the near future at Alife, Huf, St. Alfred, Kicks/Hi and of course Concepts.

More detailed images of the Red Wing x Concepts Boots follow after the jump.

Previously previewed here, the Red Wing x Nom De Guerre Moc Toe Work Boot has been released at Oki-Ni today.

“The shoe is the six inch Moc Toe Work Boot, made of waterproof, dark charcoal Nubuck; featuring Redwing’s classic white Traction Tred sole and Goodyear welt.”

You can get them here.

More detailed images of the Red Wing x Nom De Guerre Moc Toe Work Boot follow after the jump.

Ronnie F. once again worked with Red Wing for David Z. on a special make-up of one of their most classic boots – the “Ashy Grey” Classic.

Similar to their first Red Wing collaboration, they kept the heel piece in solid black leather, a nice contrast to the otherwise grey upper. Only 60 pairs have been produced and will be released at David Z’s Broadway flagship store and online store today, December 10th.

Detailed images of the David Z. x Red Wing “Ashy Grey” Classic follow after the jump.