Ep. 22 - Jean-Michel Casalonga, Berluti, about running a large bespoke workshop
This 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 bigg...
31 Aug 20221h 4min
Ep. 21 - Emil Rahmana Putra, Winson / Midas, about the Indonesian boot and shoemaking scene
In 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...
15 Apr 202229min
Ep. 20 - Patrick Frei, about making shoes with an own identity
In 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, an...
21 Jan 202251min
Ep. 19 - Jacques Kress, Tanneries Haas, about calf leather tanning
For 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 ...
14 Nov 202146min
Ep. 18 - André Simha, about collecting shoes
In 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, wit...
8 Okt 202136min
Ep. 17 - Nicholas Templeman, about the experience ordering bespoke shoes
This 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,...
1 Aug 202152min
Ep. 16 - Rezső Kuti, Vass Shoes, about handmade shoes from Hungary
In 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. Rez...
16 Maj 202140min
Ep. 15 - Leon Fan, Medallion Shoes, about succeeding in China
In 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 o...
21 Mars 202141min
