By popular demand, the Question and answer podcast special with Daniel Wegan of Catella is back for another edition. This time we talk workload, potential business expansions, what he would have changed from when he started his own business, and much more.
Daniel Wegan made a name of himself when he for several years ran the bespoke department at the English company Gaziano & Girling, now since some years he has his own bespoke shoe brand Catella. He also won the shoemaking world championships in 2019.
Daniel Wegan.
In this episode some of the topics covered, apart from those mentioned above, are how the bespoke shoe world has changed since he started some 15 years ago, we talk about why he has stopped posting on Instagram, we go into how sneakers are influencing the world of classic shoes, and other things.
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Hear the previous Q&A episodes with Daniel here and here, and here’s and the first podcast interview with him about dedication.
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Interesting listen! Keep the podcasts coming more often please 😊
Lee: Cheers! Yeah, my problem is that I really prefer to do these in person, think they come out much better that way, which means I’m more limited for when I can meet people. But there are at least three planned the next six months or so at least.
Great podcast – it is always interesting to listen to Daniel! What I found particularly interesting – Daniel rightly said that sometimes the pictures of the shoes are better than the shoes themselves. Put differently – sometimes the quality may not be good but it is easy to hide the shortcomings if you know how to take a picture. I was wondering if there is a way how to differentiate good shoes from bad shoes from photos only if you don’t have an opportunity to check the shoes in store? Otherwise it is easy to mislead the consumer.