Ep. 38 - John Chung, Mason & Smith, about professional shoe shining
For this episode I met John Chung, who runs the shoe shine bar, shoe and leather goods repair shop and shoe store Mason & Smith in Singapore. He won the world championships of shoe shining in 2018, an...
15 Kesä 36min
Ep. 37 - Q&A Special with Seiji McCarthy
This around it's time for another Q&A Special, and the one who gets to answer all the questions is the American / Japanese shoemaker Seiji McCarthy. He's based in Tokyo since many years where he runs ...
20 Maalis 50min
Ep. 35 - Sebastian Tarek, about shoemaking education
For this episode, I met up with the Australian born, UK-based, shoemaker Sebastian Tarek. Apart from running his own bespoke shoe brand and doing outwork for various London-based bespoke shoemakers, h...
30 Loka 20251h 3min
Ep. 34 - Rob James, Euroleathers, about leather wholesaling
In this episode we are putting the spotlight on an integral part of the shoe industry, that aren't that known to the wider audience since it doesn't deal with the regular consumer: the leather wholesa...
21 Huhti 202552min
Ep. 33 - Takashi Horiguchi, Super 8 Shoes, about vintage men's shoes
With this episode we are back in Japan again, back in Tokyo, where I met Takashi Horiguchi, or "Gucci" as he mostly is called, who run the acclaimed vintage classic men's shoe store Super 8 Shoes. A s...
26 Tammi 202533min
Ep. 32 - Q&A Special nr. 3 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker
It's time for another edition of the appreciated Question and answers specials, with Daniel Wegan of Catella Shoemaker. Daniel made a name of himself when he for several years ran the bespoke departme...
20 Loka 202454min
Ep. 31 - Jim McCormack, about life as a freelance bespoke shoemaker
For this episode I met up with Jim McCormack, a legendary bespoke shoemaker in England, who has spent over five decades in the trade. For more or less all of these years, he has worked as an outworker...
26 Touko 20241h 14min
