Stitchdown Shoecast

Nathan Florsheim is Proudly Working Slower Than Ever

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...

Goods and Services LA—Rory Fortune—Red Wing Postman Collab

Goods & Services’ Rory Fortune on Red Wing Collabs and When to Pull Back on Customization

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...

Parker Boot Co Custom Bespoke Cowboy Boots—Zephan Parker Interview

Bespoke Cowboy Bootmaker Zephan Parker’s Formula to Keep Craft Alive

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 cowboy bootmaker Zephan Parker has plenty of thoughts on all of it. Zephan used to wri... Read More...

Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé—STIEFELwerk—Custom Shoemaker

The Artistically Twisting Journey of Brooklyn’s Bespoke Shoemaker, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé

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...

Stitchdown Shoecast Season 17: Shoebag with Ticho

Vintage Boot Wishlists, Reconsidering Tassel Loafers, and Who’s This JohnnyWorks Guy? It’s Ticho on the Shoebag!

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...

Emily Boksenbaum—Underhill Leather Custom Cowboy Boots

Underhill Leather’s Emily Boksenbaum on Why Making Things By Hand Has Never Been More Important (and Zagnuts)

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 art growing up, which led to a focus on fiber material studies in art school. Next came lea... Read More...

Justin FitzPatrick, the Shoe Snob Interview

Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Start a Shoe Brand, w/ the Shoe Snob Justin FitzPatrick

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...

Shuyler Mowe of Nicks Boots and Skip Horween of Horween Leather

Skip Horween & Nicks Boots’ Shuyler Mowe—Live from Boot Camp Chicago 2025

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...

Franklin & Poe—Philadelphia—Founder Andrew Li Interview

Franklin & Poe’s Andrew Li on Where Retail’s Going, Malls, and The Perfect White Tee

My chat this week is with Andrew Li of Philadelphia’s Franklin & Poe, one of the best shops in the US for serious quality footwear, denim, and more. I got to know Andrew over the last few years the old fashioned way—seeing him in person, sitti... Read More...

Thursday Boots Everest Factory, Leon Mexico

Thursday Boot Co.’s Nolan Walsh on Their Own León Factory, Last Obsessiveness, and The Comfort Question

I’ve known Thursday Boot Company co-founder Connor Wilson for years now—he’s a great guy in general to grab a drink with, and quite excellent at talking boots s... Read More...