Ep. 9 - Robin Chang, about Asian-made quality shoes

Ep. 9 - Robin Chang, about Asian-made quality shoes

This 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 focus on the situation for factories making classic quality shoes as well as bespoke shoemakers in Asia, outside of Japan. It’s a topic that many in Europe or the US know very little of. Things are happening quickly in this part of the world, and this industry has come further than many believe. We will talk about how China has already moved away from being a low cost production country for shoes, nowadays it’s countries like Laos and Vietnam where manufacturing of quality shoes is growing the quickest. This has meant that we now see a lot of new Chinese independent shoemakers making fully handmade shoes, raised in a shoe industry that in parts have moved on, and now thanks to social media they can reach customers themselves. We also talk about for example how the very affordable, often very well-made Asian made quality shoes will be pushing European manufacturers, as they come into play as proper competition, we will go into the situation with customers in the domestic countries, and much, much more. You have a very informative half an hour in front of you, enjoy!

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Ep. 37 - Q&A Special with Seiji McCarthy

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 Mar 50min

Ep. 36 - Daniel Bucheli, Majordome, about finding a unique design language

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ep. 30 - Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene

Ep. 30 - Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene

For 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 ...

3 Mar 20241h 4min

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