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Shoegazing PodcastAuthor: Jesper Ingevaldsson
In this podcast series Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing, one of the world's largest websites on classic men's shoes, does in-depth interviews with various shoe people from all over the world, where each episode will focus on a specific topic related to the interviewee. For much more on classic quality shoes, visit Shoegazing.com. Language: en Genres: Arts, Business, Fashion & Beauty Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ep. 38 - John Chung, Mason & Smith, about professional shoe shining
Episode 38
Monday, 15 June, 2026
For this episode I met John Chung, who runs the shoe shine bar, shoe and leather goods repair shop and shoe store Mason & Smith in Singapore. He won the world championships of shoe shining in 2018, and has for many years been an ambassadeur for professional shoe shining in particular and caring for your shoes in general. Mason & Smith has not least been pioneers with shoe shine videos on Instagram and TikTok, reaching a very wide audience globally. I talk with John about how he decided to skip university to instead refurb and sell thrift store shoes to eventually build up his shoe shine business, about why Asians dominate the professional shoe shining scene, about what professional shoe shiners do differently to regular people caring for their shoes, and more.
