Back 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 ... Read More...
Get ready to lace up for the most rewarding six months in footwear.
The 2026-27 Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome will officially begin on Oct 1, 2026 and run th... Read More...
It’s hard to overstate how excited I am to be teaming up with Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing, Justin FitzPatrick aka The Shoe Snob, and the one and only Kirb... Read More...
This week on the Shoecast we’re bringing back Rory Fortune, founder of Los Angeles-based repair and customization shop Goods & Services, which continues to ... Read More...
How 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... Read More...
My chat this week is with Brooklyn -based bespoke shoemaker, educator, and artist Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé, aka STIEFELwerk.
Two decades ago, Marika came... Read More...
It'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 a... Read More...
When 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 a... Read More...
When Justin Fitzpatrick launched his Shoe Snob blog in 2010, there was a plan lurking not so far in the background: to launch a worldwide dress shoe brand.
T... Read More...
In November 2025, we did a thing. Stitchdown’s Boot Camp 2025 Chicago was a quality footwear mega-expo, a materials trade show, a crossroads of the industry we ... Read More...
