The Most Important Shoe & Boot Happenings of 2020
2020: Interesting year! I feel like a few things happened. PLENTY also happened in the shoe world. Far more certainly than one could’ve anticipated given the circumstances. This episode, Ben from Sti...
5 Jan 202149min
Brett Viberg on Where Viberg is Headed as a Brand, the New Widths, and the Worst Boot He Ever Made
It's Brett Viberg time! Few people have exerted as much influence over the quality footwear industry over the past decade as Brett has while he's reshaped Viberg Boot from an industrial boot manufactu...
29 Dec 20201h 6min
Alden's Brett Klein on Fading Shell Cordovan, Creating Masterful Makeups, and His All-Time Favorite Boot
Alden's Brett Klein is one of the true mensches of the footwear world. A huge part of his job is to help retailers—and humble shoe podcasters who devise Stitchup boots—dream up and refine the incredib...
15 Dec 202057min
How Our Shoe Journeys Got Us Where We Are Today
Ahhhh, the Shoe Journey. The voyage from understanding essentially nothing about great shoes and boots to...GETTING IT. It's a path that winds in all directions, and no journey is the same for any two...
8 Dec 20201h 5min
How to Find the Best Possible Shoe & Boot Values
WHAT ARE THE BEST VALUE SHOES I CAN BUY? It's the thing everyone wants to know. And while there are some sure-thing answers when it comes to pure bang-for-the-buck, finding the best value footwear, fo...
2 Dec 202041min
Mark (Albert) Barbera on How to Start a Boot Company, and the Future of US-Made Footwear
Mark Barbera of Mark Albert Boots had a dream: make some Chelsea boots. Next thing he knew, he had an entire boot company, operating out of his hometown of Somerset, the little known maple syrup (and ...
24 Nov 202059min
Is Shell Cordovan Overrated or What??
SHELL CORDOVAN! That most magical of shoe leathers. King of shine, paragon of durability, bastion of beauty. There really is nothing quite like it. But shell cordovan also has its downsides! The cos...
16 Nov 20201h 8min
SHOEBAG! How to Score Alden Rare Shell Cordovan, and Plenty More Shoe Questions Answered
"How do I get my hands on some Alden rare shell cordovan boots or shoes?" It's one of the questions we get asked the most. So Ben from @stitchdown and @tichoblancoshoes decided to crack it open, along...
9 Nov 202052min
