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Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet
Foot

The foot is an anatomical structure found in many animals. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails....
, for protection against the environment, and adornment. Socks and other hosiery
Hosiery

Hosiery is knitted coverings for the legs and feet. Also referred to as legwear, hosiery describes garments worn directly on the foot and legs....
 are worn between the feet and the footwear, except for sandal
Sandal (footwear)

Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle....
s and flip flops (thongs). Footwear is sometimes associated with fetishism
Fetishism

A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the attribution of inherent value or powers to an object....
, particularly in some recent fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
s in shoes and boots.

People who practice the profession of shoemaking
Shoemaking

Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industry manufacture of footwear.Shoemakers or cordwainers may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandal s, clogs and Moccasin s....
 are shoemakers, cobblers or cordwainer
Cordwainer

A cordwainer is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in C?rdoba, Spain....
s.

The oldest known footwear was discovered in Fort Rock Cave
Fort Rock Cave

Fort Rock Cave is the site of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the United States state of Oregon, including 10,000-year-old Sandal ....
 in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
; radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating, or carbon dating, is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years....
 of these sandals
Sandal (footwear)

Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle....
 woven from sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata

'Artemisia tridentata' is a shrub or small tree from the family Asteraceae. Some botanists treat it in the segregate genus Seriphidium, as S....
 bark indicates an age of least 10,000 years.








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Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet
Foot

The foot is an anatomical structure found in many animals. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails....
, for protection against the environment, and adornment. Socks and other hosiery
Hosiery

Hosiery is knitted coverings for the legs and feet. Also referred to as legwear, hosiery describes garments worn directly on the foot and legs....
 are worn between the feet and the footwear, except for sandal
Sandal (footwear)

Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle....
s and flip flops (thongs). Footwear is sometimes associated with fetishism
Fetishism

A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the attribution of inherent value or powers to an object....
, particularly in some recent fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
s in shoes and boots.

People who practice the profession of shoemaking
Shoemaking

Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industry manufacture of footwear.Shoemakers or cordwainers may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandal s, clogs and Moccasin s....
 are shoemakers, cobblers or cordwainer
Cordwainer

A cordwainer is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in C?rdoba, Spain....
s.

The oldest known footwear was discovered in Fort Rock Cave
Fort Rock Cave

Fort Rock Cave is the site of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the United States state of Oregon, including 10,000-year-old Sandal ....
 in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
; radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating, or carbon dating, is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60,000 years....
 of these sandals
Sandal (footwear)

Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle....
 woven from sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata

'Artemisia tridentata' is a shrub or small tree from the family Asteraceae. Some botanists treat it in the segregate genus Seriphidium, as S....
 bark indicates an age of least 10,000 years.

Footwear materials

  • Leather
    Leather

    Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
  • Plastic
    Plastic

    Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
  • Rubber
    Rubber

    Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
  • Textiles
  • Wood
    Wood

    Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
  • Jute
    Jute

    Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Tiliaceae....
  • Metal
    Metal

    In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....


Footwear components

  • Adhesives
  • Air cushion
  • Buckle
    Buckle

    A buckle is a clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt , or for retaining the end of a strap. Before the invention of the zipper, buckles were commonly used to fasten boots and other shoes....
  • Counterfort
  • Eyelet
    Grommet

    Grommets and eyelets are metal, plastic, or rubber rings that are inserted into a hole made through another material. They may be used to reinforce the hole, to shield something from the sharp edges of the hole, or both....
  • Heel
    Heel

    The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower Human_leg....
  • Hook
    Hook

    Hook may refer to:...
  • Insole
  • Laces
  • Reinforcement tape
  • Sole
    Sole

    Sole may refer to:* Sole , the bottom of the foot* Sole , the bottom supporting member of the shoe* Sole , several species and groups of flatfishes:...
  • Steel shank
  • Tack
    Nail (engineering)

    In engineering, woodworking and construction, a nail is a Pin -shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used as a fastener. Nails for specialized purposes may also be made of stainless steel, brass or aluminium....
  • Toe puff
  • Tread
    Tread

    The tread of a tire or caterpillar track refers to the rubber on its circumference that makes contact with the road. As tires are used, the tread is worn down limiting their effectiveness in providing traction....
  • Welt
    Welt

    A welt is an alternative name for a wheal, a skin lesion. Welt may also refer to:* Die Welt, a German national newspaper* Welt , a part of a shoe...


Types of footwear

Bristol
  • Boot
    Boot

    A boot is a type of shoe that covers at least the foot and the ankle and sometimes extends up to the knee or even the hip. Most have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one piece....
    s
    • Chukka boot
      Chukka boot

      Chukka boots or turf boots are ankle-length boots with two or three pairs of eyelets for lacing.They are usually made from calfskin or suede, although they have also been made from more exotic materials such as crocodile....
      s
    • Combat boot
      Combat boot

      Combat boots are military boots designed to be worn by soldiers during actual combat or combat training as opposed to during parades and other ceremonial duties....
      s
    • Cowboy boot
      Cowboy boot

      Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys. They have a high heel, rounded to pointed toe, high shaft, and, traditionally, no lacing....
      s
    • Go-go boots
      Go-go boots

      Go-Go boots are a low-heeled style of women?s fashion boot worn since the mid-sixties when fashion silhouettes focused on accentuating the leg....
    • Hiking boot
      Hiking boot

      Hiking boots are footwear specifically designed for the sport of hiking. They are arguably the most important hiking gear since their quality and durability can determine a hiker's ability to move farther, faster, and safer....
      s
    • Kinky boots
      Kinky boots

      Kinky boots are boots with extreme characteristics which are intended to present a dramatic sexy appearance, such as by a prostitute or dominatrix....
    • Motorcycle boots
    • Platform boot
      Platform boot

      Platform boots are boots, with thick wedge soles or a combination of thick soles and high heels that are similar in some respects to the platform shoe....
      s
    • Riding boot
      Riding boot

      Riding boots are boots made to be used for equestrianism. The classic boot comes high enough up the leg to prevent the leathers of the saddle from pinching the leg of the rider, has a sturdy toe to protect the rider's foot when on the ground, and has a distinct heel to prevent the foot from sliding through the stirrup....
      s
    • Derby boots
    • Thigh-length boots
      Thigh-length boots

      Thigh-length boots, known also as thigh-high boots or simply thigh boots, are boots that extend above the knees. Other synonyms include over-the-knee boots, and especially when cuffed, pirate boots....
    • Ugg boots
      Ugg boots

      Ugg boots are a style of sheepskin boot, with wool as the inner lining and a tanned outer surface worn by both men and women. Ugg boots often have a synthetic sole, although this is not universal....
    • Valenki
      Valenki

      Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear, essentially felt boots. Its very name, valenki literally means, "made by felting". Valenki are made of wool felt....
    • Waders
      Waders (footwear)

      Waders refers to a waterproof boot extending from the foot to the chest, traditionally made from vulcanised rubber, but available in more modern Polyvinyl chloride, neoprene and Gore-Tex variants....
    • Wellington boot
      Wellington boot

      The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rainboot is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots....
      s
    • Winklepicker
      Winklepicker

      Winklepickers are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward by male and female United Kingdom rock and roll fans. The feature which gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and quite long pointed toe, reminiscent of medieval footwear and approximately the same as the long pointed toes on some women's fashion shoes a...
      s
  • Shoe
    Shoe

    A shoe is an item of footwear evolved at first to protect the human foot and later, additionally, as an item of decoration in itself. The foot contains more bones than any other single part of the human body, and has human evolution over hundreds of thousands of years in relation to vastly varied terrain and climate....
    s
    • Athletic shoe
      Athletic shoe

      An athletic shoe is a generic name for footwear designed for sporting and physical exercise, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe....
      s (also known as trainers or sneakers)
    • Brothel creepers
    • Diabetic shoes
    • Espadrilles
      Espadrilles

      Espadrilles are casual flat or high-heel fashion sandal s originating from the Pyrenees. They usually have a canvas or cotton Textile upper and a flexible sole made of rope or rubber material molded to look like rope....
    • Galoshes
      Galoshes

      Galoshes , also known as gumshoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet....
    • High heels; Stiletto heel
      Stiletto heel

      A stiletto heel is a long, thin Heel found on some boots and shoes, usually for women. It is named after the stiletto dagger, the phrase being first recorded in the early 1930s....
      s
    • Kitten heel
      Kitten heel

      A kitten heel is a short, slender heel , usually from 3.5 centimeters to 5 centimeters high with a slight curve setting the heel in from the edge of the shoe....
      s
    • Lace-up shoes
      • Derby shoes
      • Oxford shoe
        Oxford shoe

        An Oxford shoe is a style of leather shoe with enclosed lacing. Oxford shoes are traditionally constructed of leather and were historically rather plain....
        s
    • High-Tops
      • Brogues
        Brogues

        Brogues, often known as wingtips in the United States, are low-heeled dress shoe made of heavy leather, originating in Scotland and Ireland as a coarse, usually Tanning leather shoe....
    • Loafers
      Loafers

      Slip-ons, are low, leather lace-less dress shoe. The style most commonly seen, known as a loafer in American culture, has a moccasin construction....
       (also known as penny loafers)
    • Mary Janes
    • Moccasin
      Moccasin (footwear)

      A Moccasin is a shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp ....
      s
    • Monks
    • Mule
      Mule (footwear)

      A Mule is a type of shoe that is backless and often closed-toed. They can be any heel height from flat to high. This style of shoe is predominantly worn by women but some styles for men are also available....
      s
    • Platform shoe
      Platform shoe

      Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or Sandal with thick soles, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood . They have been worn in various cultures since ancient times for fashion or for added height....
      s
    • School shoes
    • Skate shoes
    • Tap shoes
  • Sandal
    Sandal (footwear)

    Sandals are an open type of footwear, consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by straps or thongs passing over the instep and around the ankle....
    s
    • "Mandals"
    • Flip flops (thongs)
    • Slide
      Slide (footwear)

      Slide is a common term that refers to a shoe that is backless and open-toed, essentially an open-toed mule . Generally, all slides are a type of Sandal ....
    • Chaco
  • Indoor footwear
    • Slipper
      Slipper

      A slipper, also called a houseshoe, is a soft and lightweight indoor type of casual footwear....
      s
    • Sock
      Sock

      A sock is a knitted or woven type of hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot. Socks are designed to:* ease chafing between the foot and footwear...
      s
  • Specific footwear**Ballet shoes
    • Climbing shoe
      Climbing shoe

      A climbing shoe or kletterschuh is a piece of footwear designed for climbing. Typical climbing shoes have a close fit, little if any padding, and a smooth, sticky rubber sole with an extended rubber rand....
      s
    • Clogs
    • Foot thong
    • Football boot
      Football boot

      Football Boots are an item of footwear worn when playing association football. Those designed for grass Football pitch have cleat on the bottom to aid traction....
      s
    • Safety footwear
    • Ski boot
      Ski boot

      Ski boots are specialized footwear that are used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis using ski bindings. This ski-boot-binding combination is used to effectively transmit control inputs from the skier to the snow....
      s
    • Snowshoe
      Snowshoe

      Snowshoes, sometimes colloquially referred to as webs, are footwear for walking over snow. Snowshoes work by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person's foot doesn't sink completely into the snow, a quality called "flotation"....
      s
    • Surgical shoe
    • Pointe shoes
    • Swimfin
      Swimfin

      Swimfins, swim fins, shinfin fins or flippers are worn on the foot or leg and made from finlike rubber or plastic, to aid movement through the water in Water sport activities such as swimming, bodyboarding, bodysurfing, kneeboarding , riverboarding, and various types of underwater diving....
      s (flippers)
  • Traditional footwear
    • Abarka
      Abarka

      The abarka is the traditional footwear in Pyrenees.This sandal made in one piece of calf leather is tied by braided wool laces around the socks....
    • Geta
      Geta (footwear)

      Geta are a form of traditional Japanese footwear that resembles both clogs and flip-flops. They are a kind of sandal with an elevated wooden base held onto the foot with a fabric thong sandal to keep the foot well above the ground....
  • Socks
    SOCKS

    SOCKS is an Internet Protocol that facilitates the routing of Packet between client-server applications via a proxy server. SOCKS is an abbreviation for "Secured Over Credential-based Kerberos Services." SOCKS performs at Layer 5 of the OSI model - the Session layer ....
    • Trainer/Sneaker/Ankle socks
    • Diabetic sock
      Diabetic sock

      A diabetic sock is a sock which is specially designed for those with diabetes. Diabetes raises the blood sugar level, which can increase the risk of foot ulcers....


See also

  • Shoe
    Shoe

    A shoe is an item of footwear evolved at first to protect the human foot and later, additionally, as an item of decoration in itself. The foot contains more bones than any other single part of the human body, and has human evolution over hundreds of thousands of years in relation to vastly varied terrain and climate....
    s
  • Shoe size
    Shoe size

    A shoe size is a alphanumerical indication of the fitting size of a shoe for a person. Often, it just consists of a number indicating the length because many shoemakers only provide a standard width for economic reasons....


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