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 Jun 36min
Ep. 36 - Daniel Bucheli, Majordome, about finding a unique design language
For this one, I met up with Daniel Bucheli of the Swiss shoe company Majordome. It was founded in 2012 in Zurich, they now have stores in the hometown as well as Lausanne, Bern and New York. Majordome...
22 Des 202548min
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 Okt 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 Apr 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 Jan 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 Okt 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 Mai 20241h 14min
