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News – The Stitchdown Shoecast with me as guest

2021-07-14

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In the latest episode of the rather famous workwear boots and shoes focused podcast The Stitchdown Shoecast, I’m the guest. A really interesting talk spanning across many different topics, like the similarities and differences between the dress shoe world and the workwear boots world, discussion on “handmade” shoes and how it’s used for marketing, the actual difference in experience wearing Goodyear welted vs hand welted shoes, and much more.

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News – Caswell Bootmaker Kickstarter campaign

2021-06-17

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Lots of various types of shoe brands start their journeys on Kickstarter or similar crowdfunding sites nowadays. Most are of zero interest in my view, but every now and then exceptions come along. One such is Caswell Bootmakers, who offers American-made workwear boots with leathers from Charles F. Stead and Horween Chromexcel at a good price point.

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News – Gaziano & Girling launches Optimum range

2021-05-14

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Today the British brand Gaziano & Girling introduced their new Optimum MTO range, it’s shoes made by their bespoke workshop to bespoke standards, but on their regular RTW lasts. The ambition is to make the absolute best craftsmanship available to more people. Shoegazing has had a look at a sample from the new range.

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News – Church’s raise their prices with ~50%

2021-04-17

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The British brand Church’s has raised their prices with approximately 40-50% across the board of their entire offerings. Over one night a pair of their Custom Grade Goodyear welted shoes went from to €570 to €830. In their newfound decision to enter a new segment they are likely to lose a lot of their existing customers.

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News – New TLB Mallorca Artista last and models

2021-04-16

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

TLB Mallorca continuously develop their offerings, and the today they introduced the brand new last Van Gogh to their Artista range, as well as a bunch of new models made on it. Some really great stuff here.

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News – Crockett & Jones launches e-commerce

2021-03-08

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The famous British brand Crockett & Jones finally launched its own webstore today. A great website which makes their whole, impressive range of shoes easily accessible for everyone around the world – apart from EU citizens, who have to wait a bit longer.

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News – Alfred Sargent in liquidation

2021-02-16

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The famous British shoemaking firm Alfred Sargent has gone bust. After not being able to pay its debts and becoming insolvent, the company was put in what’s called “voluntary liquidation” two weeks ago. The fine company out of Rushden, Northampton, have been in big troubles and managed to climb back again before, but this is their toughest situation yet.

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News – Massive Foster & Son RTW sale

2021-02-01

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

British brand Foster & Son now runs a sale on their whole stock of RTW shoes from their own Northampton factory, with a 40% discount. Lots of models and also many sizes available in many cases, some great bargains to be made of these very well-made RTW shoes.

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News – T. Shirakashi launches MTO

2020-12-29

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The Japanese bespoke maker T. Shirakashi Bootmaker has launched his first range of hand welted Made to Order models, on standard lasts available to order online. Shoes made to a very high level, which stands out with his distinct casual feel.

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News – Caroline Groves introduce handmade women’s MTO

2020-11-08

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The British shoemaker Caroline Groves is one of the bigger names in Europe for women’s bespoke shoes and boots. Now she’s introducing two MTO models on standard lasts, made to the same high standard as her bespoke shoes, and hand welted with 14 spi sole stitching.

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News – The Stitchdown Shoecast with me as guest

News – Caswell Bootmaker Kickstarter campaign

News – Gaziano & Girling launches Optimum range

News – Church’s raise their prices with ~50%

News – New TLB Mallorca Artista last and models

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News – Crockett & Jones launches e-commerce

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News – Massive Foster & Son RTW sale

News – T. Shirakashi launches MTO

News – Caroline Groves introduce handmade women’s MTO

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