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Time for the substantial review of all 20 competition shoes that entered this year’s World Championships of Shoemaking. Info about the makers and the boots, comments, loads of pictures and, in some cases, photos of the manufacturing process. A close look at some seriously impressive black chelsea boots.
Here’s the second part of the walkthrough of all competition shoes in the World Championships of Shoemaking 2026. Here position 11 to 20 are presented with comments and lots of photos.
Proper educational books about shoemaking has been a rare sight in recent decades, and books specifically about shoe upper making even more rare. Hartmut and Dustin Seidich, father and son who runs a specialised uppermaking workshop in Germany, set out to change this with an extremely ambitious book project. Shoegazing have read the English version of volume 1.
Japanese Daisuke Yamashita has probably visited more shoemakers and cobblers than anyone else alive today, something he has shared in books and on his blog. Now he has published his first e-book in English, called Bespoke Shoes in Europe & Japan Study Report. A nice overview of both various shoemaking schools and shoemaking techniques, easily available on Amazon.
Time for the substantial review of all 25 competition shoes that entered this year’s World Championships of Shoemaking. Info about the makers and the shoes, comments, loads of pictures of the shoes and in some cases also the manufacturing process. A close look at some seriously amazing double monk straps.
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Here’s part two of the substantial walkthrough of all competition shoes in the World Championships of Shoemaking 2025. Here position 11 to 25 are presented with comments and pictures.
In a factory basically all brogueing is done with machines, done in a similar fashion as sewing machine basically. Most bespoke shoemakers do this by hand instead, punch every hole (or pair of holes in the case of the small ones) one by one. Here it’s done in the workshop of Catella.
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.
For aspiring shoemakers, and established ones for that matter, it’s a constant hunt to get a hold of good tools and materials. One of few one-stop-shops online for this is ShoemakerCraft, which has a huge selection of old and new tools, materials, lasts and more.
It’s finally here, the substantial review of all 25 competition shoes that entered the World Championships of Shoemaking 2024. Info about the makers and the shoes, comments, pictures of the shoes and in some cases also the manufacturing process. Experience some of the best full strap loafers you’ll ever see.Continue reading
