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Tricker’s Bespoke Shoemaker Adele Williamson on Everything You Didn’t Realize About Bespoke (and Making a Pair for Idris Elba)

Meet Adele Williamson: Tricker's youngest bespoke shoemaker ever, and also Tricker's first female bespoke shoemaker—in the brand's 192-year history. Adele's ... Read More...

Grant Stone’s Wyatt Gilmore on the Brand’s Origin Story, Leather Selection, The Luxurious Wide-Width Life, and More

Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore is one of the people we most love talking to in the entire footwear industry—so it was high time we had him on the Shoecast. While w... Read More...

LIVE: The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games

Welcome to a very, very special Shoecast episode! The entire shoe world has been on the edge of its heels waiting for 2030th Shoelympics to kick off from Northampton, England, and the Shoecast has secured exclusive coverage of the opening ceremonies!... Read More...

Nick Horween on if Rare Shell Cordovan is Actually Rare, the CXL Lottery, and How to Tan Leather Responsibly

Nick Horween is a fifth-generation tanner at the eponymous Horween Leather Co., the Chicago powerhouse that creates Chromexcel, shell cordovan, and an endless a... Read More...

Shoegazing’s Jesper Ingevaldsson on The Dangerous Fallacy of “Handmade” Shoes, The Coming Dress/Rugged Crossover, and Who Needs Bespoke

It's completely possible that Jesper Ingevaldsson knows more about shoes than anyone alive. Jesper IS Shoegazing, the seminal and just monumentally good blog co... Read More...

A Very Important Indonesian Bootmakers Update Shoecast Episode

The very first episode of the Shoecast—and the most-listened-to episode of all time—was about Indonesian Bootmakers. To close out season 3, Ticho and I knew it was high time to revisit that wonderful world of hand-welted boots and shoes. Even in t... Read More...

Brett Viberg on Fall/Winter 2021, Pushing Viberg’s Manufacturing Forward, and Vintage Inspiration

Brett Viberg is back once more on the Shoecast, to give us a detailed breakdown of Viberg's coming releases in the second half of 2021—there are a LOT, and you ... Read More...

Division Road’s Jason Pecarich On His Viberg Makeup and Development Mindset, and How In The Hell to Save Retail

Five years ago, Jason Pecarich took his extensive experience in the menswear industry and opened Division Road Inc. in Seattle: a collaboration-driven menswear ... Read More...

Ron Rider Reveals the Secrets Behind Private Label Shoemaking, and Plenty More

If Ron Rider isn't the most interesting person in the shoe game, I certainly want to meet whoever is. Ron's lived his whole career in shoes, creating the cult favorite Rider Boot Co. and now acting as one of the behind-the-scenes straws that stir the... Read More...

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Underrated Leathers and Tanneries You Really Need to Be Considering

While there are a handful of "name" leathers and tanneries out there, it's almost shocking how many of both go completely under the radar, even for hardcore boo... Read More...