Ep. 30 - Ben Robinson, Stitchdown, about the workwear boot scene

About this episode

Ben Robinson discusses the workwear boot scene and the rise in popularity of quality footwear.

For episode 30 I sat down with Ben Robinson of Stitchdown. As you likely know, Shoegazing's focus on the site, podcast, events etc is on classic dress shoes, well Stitchdown is sort of the equivalent within the world of workwear boots, or heritage boots, or whatever you want to call it. In short, Ben knows a whole lot about boots and rugged footwear. So, apart from learning how Ben ended up in the shoe world and the journey with Stitchdown, we talked about the incredible boom that workwear boots has seen in recent years, the reason behind it and where it's going, we talked about why good quality footwear of all kinds will and need to continue to be popular, and much more.

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Robinson

Topics covered

• workwear boots
• heritage boots
• rugged footwear
• footwear quality

Keywords

• Stitchdown
• classic dress shoes
• footwear trends

Mentioned in this episode

Products: workwear boots, heritage boots

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