Latest Shoegazing Podcast Episodes
Ep. 30 - Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene
Shoegazing Podcast - March 03, 2024 23:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor episode 30 I sat down with Ben Robinson of Stitchdown. As you likely know, Shoegazing's focus on the site, podcast, events etc is on classic dress shoes, well Stitchdown is sort of the equivalent within the world of workwear boots, or heritage boots, or whatever you want to call it. In short,...
Ep. 29 - Steven Taffel, Leffot, about the classic shoe scene in the US
Shoegazing Podcast - October 22, 2023 20:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor this episode, number 29, I visited the well-renowned shoe store Leffot in New York and talked to the founder and owner Steven Taffel. When the world entered the digital era, Leffot was one of the first influential multi-brand stores specialising in classic, mainly welted, men's shoes, and it ...
Ep. 28 - William Efe Laborde, about connecting historic shoemaking with the present
Shoegazing Podcast - August 13, 2023 19:08 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode, aim is to connect historic shoemaking with the present, and we do this together with William Efe Laborde. An independent bespoke shoemaker based in London, who has a huge interest in old shoes, tools and leathers which he both brings in to his own shoemaking, and as a side busine...
Ep. 27 - Q&A Special nr. 2 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker
Shoegazing Podcast - May 26, 2023 17:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis is the second Q&A Special with Daniel Wegan, the first one was really popular, so we thought we'd do another round. For those who don't know, Daniel Wegan is a Swede who since many years live in the UK in Kettering, Northampton. He used to work for the bespoke department of Gaziano & Girling...
Ep. 26 - Anders Sundström, Paul Brunngård, about the ingredients in shoe care products
Shoegazing Podcast - February 08, 2023 20:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode we will go all in on the nitty gritty of shoe care. We do this together with Anders Sundström, who has developed the new premium shoe care range Paul Brunngård, for the Swedish company with the same name. Paul Brunngård is the largest shoe care company in Scandinavia, but previous...
Ep. 25 - Seiji McCarthy, about revamping a shoe brand
Shoegazing Podcast - December 19, 2022 18:46 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode you'll get to meet Seiji McCarthy, a shoemaker with an American father and a Japanese mother, who grew up in Philadelphia on the US East coast but now since seven years lives in Tokyo, Japan. Here he is merging the Japanese highly skilled craftsmanship with traditional American st...
Ep. 24 - Q&A Special with Yohei Fukuda
Shoegazing Podcast - October 30, 2022 17:42 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIt's time for the second special edition Q&A episode, where you listeners and readers of Shoegazing.com gets to ask questions to some big names from the quality shoe industry. This round it's the most famous of all Japanese bespoke shoemakers that is answering your questions, Yohei Fukuda. Since...
Ep. 23 - Affan Mohammed, Bridlen, about making premium shoes in lower wage countries
Shoegazing Podcast - October 09, 2022 18:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAffan Mohammed is the Managing Director of Bridlen Shoes, an Indian maker of Goodyear welted footwear that is getting more and more attention both domestically and internationally. Founded by Affan's father Hasan who had worked his whole life with leather craft and shoemaking, and Mr. Watanabe fr...
Ep. 22 - Jean-Michel Casalonga, Berluti, about running a large bespoke workshop
Shoegazing Podcast - August 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis episode, number 22, will be featuring no other than Jean-Michel Casalonga. He is the main lastmaker and workshop manager of Berluti's Paris workshop. The French company Berluti is one of the bigger quality shoe brands in the world, nowadays more of a full fashion menswear brand , owned by th...
Ep. 21 - Emil Rahmana Putra, Winson / Midas, about the Indonesian boot and shoemaking scene
Shoegazing Podcast - April 15, 2022 18:34 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode we put the spotlight on the thriving boot and shoemaking scene in Indonesia, we do this together with Emil Rahmana Putra. He is the founder of the two brands Winson and Midas Bootmaker, where the first now is making the finest fully handmade dress shoes in the country, a true prem...
Ep. 20 - Patrick Frei, about making shoes with an own identity
Shoegazing Podcast - January 21, 2022 17:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode you'll get to meet the very charismatic bespoke shoemaker Patrick Frei from Germany. He made a name of himself more widely when he won the World Championships in Shoemaking in 2018, and is seen by many as one of the greatest shoemakers around today. He works out of his workshop i...
Ep. 19 - Jacques Kress, Tanneries Haas, about calf leather tanning
Shoegazing Podcast - November 14, 2021 19:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor this episode I once again was able to sit down with the interviewee in person. A couple of weeks ago I travelled to Germany and France, and one of the stops was Tanneries Haas, one of the leading calf leather tanneries in Europe. Here I met Jacques Kress, Export manager and responsible for al...
Ep. 18 - André Simha, about collecting shoes
Shoegazing Podcast - October 08, 2021 15:12 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode we are meeting a proper shoe collector - André Simha, from Geneva, Switzerland. Known to many as andrel42 on Instagram, where he shows off his seriously impressive shoe collection, with around 300 pairs of welted shoes from literally all over the world. For over four decades he's ...
Ep. 17 - Nicholas Templeman, about the experience ordering bespoke shoes
Shoegazing Podcast - August 01, 2021 19:38 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis time we're going to go in-depth on the experience of ordering bespoke shoes, this from a bespoke shoemakers viewpoint. Nicholas Templeman is an independent bespoke maker based in London, England, who left his job at the legendary workshop of John Lobb to set up his own brand. He has a reputa...
Ep. 16 - Rezső Kuti, Vass Shoes, about handmade shoes from Hungary
Shoegazing Podcast - May 16, 2021 16:05 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode I talk with Rezső Kuti of the Hungarian brand Vass Shoes, certainly the most famous shoe brand of the country, who've been making hand welted fully handmade shoes since the 1970's. Rezső worked as Sales Manager for the company for about a decade and built up its internationally su...
Ep. 15 - Leon Fan, Medallion Shoes, about succeeding in China
Shoegazing Podcast - March 21, 2021 14:07 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode we meet Leon Fan, who together with Kevin Li founded the famous shoe store Medallion Shoes, now with two huge brick and mortar stores in Beijing and Shanghai in China. They have sort of become the Chinese equivalent to the Isetan Men's shoe department in Tokyo, Japan, in the way ...
Ep. 14 - Q&A Special with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker
Shoegazing Podcast - October 31, 2020 11:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe Shoegazing Podcast is back, this time with a new type of special edition episodes that will pop-up every now and then, called Q&A Specials. Basically you listeners and readers of Shoegazing.com get to ask questions to some famous names from the classic shoe industry. This round is with Danie...
Ep. 13 - Carina Eneroth, Skomakeri Framåt, about the situation for cobblers
Shoegazing Podcast - September 13, 2020 20:26 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis time it’s all about shoe repairs and cobblers. I met up with Carina Eneroth of Skomakeri Framåt, which sort of translates to Cobblery Forward, a cobbler and bespoke shoemaker based in Stockholm, Sweden. She’s been in the business for almost four decades now, and apart from being one of the o...
Ep. 12 - Kostas Mandilaris, The Noble Shoe, about selling shoes digitally
Shoegazing Podcast - August 09, 2020 19:32 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe live in a digital world, and nowadays a lot of both marketing and sales takes place solely online in various ways. One online shoe retailer who have successfully used all the digital possibilities is Kostas Mandilaris of The Noble Shoe, who sells among others Carlos Santos, Paolo Scafora and C...
Ep. 11 - Takashi Fukuda, Isetan, about Isetan Men’s influence on the quality shoe scene
Shoegazing Podcast - June 21, 2020 14:32 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor this episode I met Takashi Fukuda, who is a legendary buyer at the department store Isetan Men’s in Tokyo. For many years he has been the head buyer at their shoe department, and has been highly influential on what will be found on the shoe shelves at Isetan Men’s. Isetan is a Japanese chain...
Ep. 10, Jonathan Church, Cheaney, about leaving private label production
Shoegazing Podcast - May 22, 2020 12:10 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis episode was recorded at the Micam shoe fair in Milan, Italy, back in February. In this episode we’re meeting Jonathan Church, one of the owners of the British firm Cheaney & Sons. Jonathan has worked in the footwear industry for three decades, first in the firm bearing his family name, Churc...
Ep. 9 - Robin Chang, about Asian-made quality shoes
Shoegazing Podcast - April 24, 2020 16:52 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis time you will meet Robin Chang, founder of the leading quality shoe store in Taiwan, Oak Room, located in the capital Taipei. He has been involved in the shoe business for many years, and is considered one of the foremost experts on the classic shoe industry in Asia. In this episode we will...
Ep. 8 - Richard Utting, Loake, about succeeding internationally
Shoegazing Podcast - March 20, 2020 12:28 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis episode was recorded at the Micam shoe fair in Milan, Italy, back in February. I sat down with Richard Utting, Export Manager at Loake, the famous British manufacturer of Goodyear welted shoes. Loake was a brand that, contrary to many other Northampton based companies, first got big on the d...
Ep. 7 - Christophe Corthay, about shoes and art
Shoegazing Podcast - March 01, 2020 14:49 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsChristophe Corthay is a legendary bespoke shoemaker from France. He has spent more than three decades making shoes, previously with his brother Pierre at Maison Corthay, but nowadays he runs Atelier du Tranchet together with Sebastian "Toulouz" Algans and Phillippe de Paillette. Those who’ve seen...
Ep. 6 - Maslow So, Mori of Shoemakers, about merging bespoke and factory-made
Shoegazing Podcast - January 19, 2020 15:32 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode of the Shoegazing Podcast I met Maslow So from Hong Kong, the man behind the brand Mori of Shoemakers, who in a very interesting way try to combine elements from bespoke shoes with factory-made RTW shoes. Mori has various bespoke shoemakers from around the world designing lasts an...
Ep. 5 - Hiro Yanagimachi, about the Japanese bespoke shoe scene
Shoegazing Podcast - December 15, 2019 18:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMeet the famous shoemaker Hiro Yanagimachi, one of the pioneers of the new wave of Japanese bespoke shoemaking. When he started his business two decades ago there were only a few Japanese making bespoke shoes, today there’s more than 50 bespoke shoemakers in the country, now one of the leading sc...
Ep. 4 - Tom Brone, Sons of Henrey, about starting a new shoe brand
Shoegazing Podcast - November 24, 2019 17:29 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWhat's the main challenges when setting up a new shoe brand, how is it to be a small player working together with a big factory, and how do you succeed in today's highly competitive market? These are some of the questions that Tom Brone, the man behind the brand Sons of Henrey, answers in this ep...
Ep. 3 - Daniel Wegan, about dedication
Shoegazing Podcast - October 25, 2019 12:44 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHear bespoke shoemaker Daniel Wegan talk about dedication, which took him to the bespoke department of Gaziano & Girling, made him the head of the same department, and this year he won the World Championships in Shoemaking. He also gives a bunch of advice to aspiring shoemakers.
Ep. 2 - Yohei Fukuda, about brand building
Shoegazing Podcast - September 17, 2019 21:51 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn this episode, I met the famous Japanese bespoke shoemaker Yohei Fukuda, who besides making some of the finest shoes in the world, also have been very successful with creating a brand image, something quite difficult especially for small bespoke shoemakers. It’s around this topic we focused our...
Ep. 1 - Patrik Löf, Skoaktiebolaget, about multi-brand shoe stores
Shoegazing Podcast - July 18, 2019 20:36 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor the first edition of the Shoegazing Podcast, I sat down with Patrik Löf, founder and owner of the famous Swedish shoe shop Skoaktiebolaget, to talk about the journey they have been on and about the past, current and future situation for multi-brand men’s shoe stores.
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