Footwear

Footwear consists of garment Clothing

Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings fo... 

s worn on the feet Foot

The foot is a biological structure found in many animal [i]s that is used for locomotion [i]. ... 

. It is worn for a variety of reasons, including protection Personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other gear designed t... 

 against the environment, hygiene and adornment Beauty

Beauty is a value [i] associated with an innate [i] and emotional [i] perception [i] of life [i]' ... 

. Usually, socks and other hosiery are worn under footwear. It is sometimes associated with fetishism, particularly in some recent fashion Fashion

The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a person... 

s in shoes and boots . Some people are very passionate about fashion footwear.

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Footwear consists of garment Clothing

Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings fo... 

s worn on the feet Foot

The foot is a biological structure found in many animal [i]s that is used for locomotion [i]. ... 

. It is worn for a variety of reasons, including protection Personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other gear designed t... 

 against the environment, hygiene and adornment Beauty

Beauty is a value [i] associated with an innate [i] and emotional [i] perception [i] of life [i]' ... 

. Usually, socks and other hosiery are worn under footwear. It is sometimes associated with fetishism, particularly in some recent fashion Fashion

The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a person... 

s in shoes and boots . Some people are very passionate about fashion footwear.

Footwear materials

• Leather Leather
  
  Leather is a material created through the tanning [i] of hide [i]s, pelt [i]s and skin [i]s of animal [i] ... 
  
  
• Plastic Plastic
  
  Plastic covers a range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization [i] products. ... 
  
  
• Rubber Rubber
  
  Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon [i] polymer [i] which occurs as a milky emulsion [i] in the sap of se ... 
  
  
• Textiles Textile
  
  A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial fibre [i]s often referr ... 
  
  
• Wood Wood
  
  Wood is derived from woody plant [i]s, notably tree [i]s but also shrub [i]s. ... 
  
  
  

Footwear components

• Adhesives Adhesive
  
  An adhesive is a compound that adheres [i] or bonds two items together. ... 
  
  
• Air cushion
• Buckle Buckle
  
  History
  

Buckles were used in ancient Greece [i] and Rome [i], particularly in military equipment ... 

• Counterfort
• Eyelet Grommet
  
  Grommets and eyelets are metal [i], plastic [i], or rubber [i] rings that are inserted into a hole ... 
  
  
• Heel
• Hook
• Insole
• Laces Shoelaces
  
  Shoelaces thin cords fitted to shoe [i]s to keep the shoe in place, and prevent it from slipping off by ... 
  
  
• Reinforcement tape
• Sole
• Steel shank
• Tack
• Toe puff
• Tread Tread
  
  The tread of a tire [i] or caterpillar track [i] refers to the pattern visible on its circumference that... 
  
  
• Welt
  

Types of footwear

• Boot Boot
  
  A boot is a type of footwear [i] which covers at least the foot [i] and usually the ankle [i], and somet ... 
  
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• Cowboy boot Cowboy boot
  
  Cowboy boots refer to a specific style of riding boot [i], historically worn by cowboy [i]s. ... 
  
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• Go-go boots Go-go boots
  
  Go-Go boots were originally created in the 1960s with the intention that they should be worn while dancing [i] ... 
  
  
• Kinky boots
• Motorcycle boots Motorcycle boot
  
  Motorcycle boots are a variety of boot [i] most often associated with motorcycle riders, commonly referr ... 
  
  
• Platform boots
• Riding boots
• Thigh-length boots
• Ugg boots Ugg boots
  
  Ugg boots, or simply uggs, is a generic [i] term for a type of sheepskin [i] boot [i] which has be ... 
  
  
• Valenki Valenki
  
  Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear.... 
  
  
• Hooka Heels
• Waders
• Wellington boot Wellington boot
  
  The Wellington boot, also known as a welly, a wellie, a gumboot or a rubber boot... 
  
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• Winklepickers
• Shoe Shoe
  
  A shoe is an item of footwear [i]. ... 
  
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• Athletic shoe Athletic shoe
  
  An athletic shoe is a generic name for a shoe [i] designed for sport [i]ing activities, as differentiate ... 
  
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• Diabetic shoes
• Skate shoes
• Diabetic shoes
• Espadrilles Espadrilles
  
  Espadrilles are casual sandal [i]s originating from the Pyrenees.... 
  
  
• Diabetic shoes
• Galoshes Galosh
  
  Galoshes, also known as gumshoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber [i] ... 
  
  
• High heel High-heeled shoe
  
  High-heeled shoes are shoe [i]s which raise the heel [i] of the wearer's foot [i] significantly higher t ... 
  
  s; Stiletto heel Stiletto heel
  
  A stiletto heel is a long, thin heel [i] found on some boot [i]s and shoe [i]s for women.... 
  
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• Kitten heels
• Lace-up shoes
• Derby shoes
• Oxford shoes
• Mary Janes
• Moccasins
• Monks
• Mule Mule
  
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• Penny loafers
• Platform shoe Platform shoe
  
  Platform shoes are shoe [i]s, boot [i]s, or sandal [i]s with thick soles, often made of cork, pla ... 
  
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• School shoes
• Tap shoes
• Sandals
• "Mandals"
• Flip flops
• Slide
• Indoor footwears
• Slipper Slipper
  
  A slipper, also called houseshoe, is a soft and lightweight indoor type of footwear [i]. ... 
  
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• Sock Sock
  
  A sock is a knitted garment for enclosing the human foot [i] and/or lower leg, which is designed to:
  

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• Specific footwears
• Clogs
• Safety footwears
• Football boots
• Ski boot Ski boot
  
  Ski boots are specialized footwear [i] that are used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis [i]... 
  
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• Snowshoe Snowshoe
  
  Snowshoes, sometimes colloquially referred to as webs, are footwear [i] for walking over snow [i].... 
  
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• Pointe shoe Pointe shoes
  
  Pointe shoes, also known as toe shoes, are a special type of shoe used by ballet [i] dancers for pointework [i] ... 
  
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• Climbing shoe Climbing shoe
  
  A climbing shoe or kletterschuh is a piece of foot wear [i] that is specifically designed and worn ... 
  
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• Swimfin Swimfin
  
  Swimfins, swim fins, fins or flippers are fin [i]like rubber [i] or plastic [i] shoes ... 
  
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• Traditional footwears
• Abarka Abarka
  
  The abarka is the traditional footwear [i] in Pyrenees [i].
  

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See also

• Shoe size
  

External links

• The Fashion Industry Search Engine
• A shoe fashion site.
  

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• Footwear