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Hear bespoke shoemaker Daniel Wegan talk about dedication, which took him to the bespoke department of Gaziano & Girling, made him the head of the same department, and this year he won the World Championships in Shoemaking. He also gives a bunch of advice to aspiring shoemakers.
For the second episode of the Shoegazing Podcast, I met the famous Japanese bespoke shoemaker Yohei Fukuda, who besides making some of the finest shoes in the world, also have been very successful with creating a brand image, something quite difficult especially for small bespoke shoemakers. It’s around this topic we focused our discussion.
Main d’Or / Eiji Murata is one of the most highly regarded bespoke shoemakers in the world, which he not least proved when he placed third in the World Championships in Shoemaking this spring. I’m in Tokyo this week for the big shoe event at Isetan, and in conjunction with this, picked up a new pair from Eiji Murata, which is on display here.
I’ve had quite a few pairs of bespoke shoes made and have gotten to see my feet interpreted into lasts by a number of bespoke shoemakers, and it’s always as fascinated to hold these pieces of wood and realise how your feet actually are shaped, more or less.
40 dark brown full brogue oxfords, made by shoemakers from all over the world. Here’s a substantial review of all the competition shoes that entered the World Championships in Shoemaking 2019. Info, comments, pictures of the shoes and in some cases also the manufacturing process.
This is part two of the massive walkthrough of all competition shoes in the World Championships in Shoemaking 2019. Here position 11 to 40 is reviewed with comments and pictures.
Time for the first part of a new article series that will follow the process ordering a pair of bespoke shoes from last year’s world champion in shoemaking, the German Patrick Frei. The first part is about the measurement.
Here’s a large collection of images of my latest bespoke pair from Japanese Yohei Fukuda, a 3 eyelet derby in light brown vintage Freudenberg leather. Superbly made shoes well worth taking a closer look at. Also a reminder that the qualification to the World Championships in Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina closes on Sunday.
Noriyuki Misawa runs one of Japan’s largest shoemaking schools and has the Misawa & Workshop bespoke brand, but it’s the art project under his own name that gotten him recognition around the world, with amazing shoes unlike anything else. In a month he will hold a solo exhibition in London, but Shoegazing has visited him at his home turf in Tokyo.
This week I received a new bespoke pair from British Gaziano & Girling, adorable dark brown chukka boots with leather soles. Here is a bunch of pictures of the goodies.
