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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 35, Sebastian Tarek, about shoemaking education

2025-10-30

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The ways to become a shoemaker has changed through the years, as education moved from the shoemaking firms who hunted for talents, to talents who are hunting for the possibility to learn shoemaking. Sort of. Hear bespoke shoemaker Sebastian Tarek with years of experience in teaching shoemaking at colleges and other places talk about the past, present and future of shoemaking education.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 34, Rob James, Euroleathers, about leather wholesaling

2025-04-21

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Leather wholesalers play a vital part of the shoe industry in every country of the world that produces leather footwear. Euroleathers is based in Northampton, England, and has been providing the local factories for decades as well as single hides to small independent shoemakers worldwide. Learn more about the work leather wholesalers do and get a behind the scenes insight of this sector of the shoe world.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 33, Takashi Horiguchi, Super 8 Shoes, about vintage men’s shoes

2025-01-26

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The overall quality of classic shoes were very high a number of decades back, and the styles in general works well still today, which means that there’s a lot of interest in vintage men’s shoes. In this episode we dig into the topic together with Takashi “Gucci” Horiguchi who runs one of the most acclaimed vintage shoe stores in the world: Super 8 Shoes in Tokyo.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 32, Q&A Special nr. 3 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker

2024-10-20

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

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.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 31, Jim McCormack, about life as a freelance bespoke shoemaker

2024-05-26

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The legendary British bespoke shoemaker Jim McCormack has worked five decades as an outworker for various big and small bespoke shoe companies in England. Hear him talk about life as an outworker and how this system works, about the development of the bespoke shoe scene in the UK the last 50 years, and much more.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 30, Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene

2024-03-03

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The most buzzing segment of the quality shoe world at the moment is the workwear boot scene. Old big players are more successful than ever at the same time as plenty of new brands and small workshops pop up every year. Few know more about this part of the shoe world than Ben Robinson of the footwear website and more, Stitchdown, who’s the guest of this podcast episode.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 29, Steven Taffel, Leffot, about the classic shoe scene in the US

2023-10-22

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

USA is one of the most important markets in the world for classic quality shoes, and few have followed this closer the past decades than Steven Taffel of the New York shoe store Leffot. In this new episode of the Shoegazing Podcast he shares his knowledge on the topic.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 28, William Efe Laborde, about connecting historic shoemaking with the present

2023-08-13

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

New podcast episode with the British-based bespoke shoemaker William Efe Laborde, in a talk where we focus on connecting historic shoemaking, materials and tools with today’s. Among many things you’ll learn which area of shoemaking that he thinks is at an all time high now in present time, why the tools never can be made as good as they were before the World War II again, and much more.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 27, Q&A Special nr. 2 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker

2023-05-26

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Time for another Question and Answer special with Daniel Wegan of Catella Shoemaker. An interesting talk that among other things cover why he think that independent shoemakers is the future and what bespoke shoemakers need to do to continue to be relevant.
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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 26, Anders Sundström, Paul Brunngård, about the ingredients in shoe care products

2023-02-08

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

In this episode we go all in on the nitty gritty of shoe care. We do this together with Anders Sundström, who has developed the new premium shoe care range Paul Brunngård, for the Swedish company with the same name. An educating episode with lots of great info on shoe care.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 35, Sebastian Tarek, about shoemaking education

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 34, Rob James, Euroleathers, about leather wholesaling

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 33, Takashi Horiguchi, Super 8 Shoes, about vintage men’s shoes

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 32, Q&A Special nr. 3 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 31, Jim McCormack, about life as a freelance bespoke shoemaker

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 30, Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 29, Steven Taffel, Leffot, about the classic shoe scene in the US

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 28, William Efe Laborde, about connecting historic shoemaking with the present

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 27, Q&A Special nr. 2 with Daniel Wegan, Catella Shoemaker

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 26, Anders Sundström, Paul Brunngård, about the ingredients in shoe care products

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