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Everything you love about the Stitchdown Shoecast—now with extra bonus episodes only for community members.
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- Everything You Never Knew About Alligator Leather, With AMTAN's Christy Gilmore · 1 óra 12 perc · 19. évad 5. epizódAlligator leather. It's bold. It's fancy. It's expensive. It’s also the result of, and driving force behind, a massive conservation effort—and one of the toughest crafts in…
- A Highly Metaphysical Shoebag w/ Ticho + Stitchdown Expo 2026 Preview · 1 óra 9 perc · 19. évad 4. epizódTicho hath returned for the Season 19 Shoebag episode, in which we answer listener questions ranging from shoe-related time travel, to the upsides and downs of the quality…
- How Thiele Tanning's Jordan Proefrock Makes the World's Best Shoe Lining Leather · 1 óra 23 perc · 19. évad 3. epizódThiele Tanning has operated out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 1934. And while things rarely stay the same in tanning—Thiele has made everything from bowling shoe leather, to…
- Lennertson's Robin Carlo on Springline Last Development and Transformer Loafers · 1 óra 49 perc · 19. évad 2. epizódIt wasn’t always easy for two Belgian guys named Robin to build a shoe brand. Early production setbacks, finding investment, and eventually building a physical retail presence…
- Custom Cowboy Bootmaker Lee Miller of Texas Traditions · 1 óra 45 perc · 19. évad 1. epizódThere are custom bootmakers—and then there's Texas Traditions. Opened in 1977 by “The Picasso of cowboy boots” Charlie Dunn, Texas Traditions has been run by Charlie’s apprentice…
- Edgy Albert on Which Shoes are Good and Not Good—and a Tribute to Denim Legend Roy Slaper · 1 óra 9 perc · 18. évad 7. epizódIf you know Albert Muzquiz, it’s almost definitely as Edgy Albert, his highly accurate internet alter-ego. Albert’s not just another menswearfluencer come-lately—he was also the…
- Keeping Maine Shoemaking Alive: The Rancourt & Co. Story · 1 óra 22 perc · 18. évad 7. epizódAt one point, it was tough to find someone in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine that wasn't personally connected to the handsewn moccasin shoe industry. Today, few Maine shoemaking…
- How Can Wolverine Revive its Iconic 1000 Mile Brand? Justin Cupps Has Ideas. · 41 perc · 18. évad 6. epizódWolverine Worldwide is a footwear empire much bigger than just Wolverine 1000 Mile. Justin Cupps is six months into his role as President of the Work Group, which includes…
- The (Mostly) Complete History of Cowboy Boots, with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack · 1 óra 30 perc · 18. évad 5. epizódLast time Elizabeth Semmelhack—Director and Senior Curator of the Toronto's exceptional Bata Shoe Museum—was on the Shoecast, she ran down a (mostly) complete history of boots…
- ACL's Michael Williams on Misguided Shoe Recs & The "Disappearing Middle" of Quality Footwear · 1 óra 20 percMichael Williams is sometimes a “marketer who hates marketing,” who has helped many of the great US manufacturing brands, up to and including Red Wing. Other times he he’s…
- Carmina Shoemaker's Carmina Albaladejo on Family Tradition, Global Retail, and Custom Shoes · 1 óra 24 perc · 18. évad 3. epizódCarmina Albaladejo heads US operations for the exquisite Spanish shoemaker with the exact same (first) name as her. In this Stitchdown Shoecast episode we discuss how six…
- The New Thing in Footwear Leather? 145-Year-Old Veg-Tanner Hermann Oak. · 1 óra 19 perc · 18. évad 2. epizódHermann Oak has been tanning leather in St. Louis since 1881, and they pretty much still do it the same way—one way, which of course is veg-tanning. Traditionally a major player…
- BONUS: How To Get Nathan Florsheim to Make You Boots? Nathan Florsheim Will Now Tell You. · 26 percIt's extremely not easy to get boots hand-made by Nathan Florsheim—great great great grandson of Milton Florsheim, yes, THAT Florsheim—unless of course you listen to this…
- Nathan Florsheim is Proudly Working Slower Than Ever · 1 óra 24 perc · 18. évad 1. epizódBack in 2021, I got a great email from a young bootmaker named Nathan Florsheim who wanted to chat. Boy am I glad I took that call. About a year later I had Nathan—great great…
- BONUS: Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé on Packing Tape Shoes and Broadway · 41 percHey! Ben from Stitchdown here. This past season on the Shoecast I sat down wit with Brooklyn based bespoke shoemaker Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé. Marika’s a wonder, and touches…
- Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Red Wing Collabs and When to Pull Back on Customization · 1 óra 14 perc · 17. évad 7. epizódThis week on the Shoecast we’re bringing back Rory Fortune, founder of Los Angeles-based Goods & Services, which continues to be one of the most interesting footwear operations…
- Bespoke Cowboy Bootmaker Zephan Parker's Formula to Keep Craft Alive · 1 óra 12 perc · 17. évad 6. epizódHow do we keep craft alive in an over-technological society? Is it via the individual maker? Or more of a collective workshop approach? Houston-based bespoke cowboy bootmaker…
- The Artistically Twisting Journey of Brooklyn's Bespoke Shoemaker, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé · 1 óra 9 perc · 17. évad 5. epizódMy chat this week is with Brooklyn -based bespoke shoemaker, educator, and artist Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé, aka STIEFELwerk. Two decades ago, Marika came at shoemaking from a…
- Vintage Boot Wishlists and Reconsidering Tassel Loafers: It's Ticho on the Shoebag! · 1 óra 10 perc · 17. évad 4. epizódIt's Shoebag time for Shoecast season 17. Which means it's time for a serious dose of Ticho, who joins me to unpack all the biggest listener questions. Why are we both suddenly…
- Why Making Things By Hand Has Never Been More Important, w/ Cowboy Bootmaker Emily Boksenbaum · 1 óra 27 perc · 17. évad 3. epizódWhen I met Emily Boksenbaum at our Maker’s Day 2025 conference in Chicago, I knew I had to get her on the Shoecast. Emily’s always made stuff. First it was art growing up, which…
