SHOE GLOSSARY

A
*Alligator Skin
*Athletic Shoe
*Ankle Strap
*Ankle Boot

B
*Boot: A footwear which covers the entire foot and extends to the height of the ankle or up to the thigh

*Booties: A footwear that resembles a boot in style but is not as high

*Brogue: A heavy oxford-style shoe featuring perforated detailing

*Buckskin
*Built Heel

C
*Canvas: A closely women heavy cloth of cotton,hemp or linen

*Climbing

*Clog: A closed toe,open back shoe with a platform sole traditionally with a wood heel

*Cuban Heel
*Cycling Shoes

*Circumference: The measurement around the shaft of a boot/bootie taken at the widest part near the part of the shaft

*Combat Boots

*Color Blocking: Strategically placed,contrasting yet complimentary,bold and bright colours on a shoe

*Cowboy BootsCowboy boots:a boot with a chunky moderately high stanted heel,usually pointed toe,and decorative stiching or tooling extending to mid-calf

*Crepe: A natural rubber with a crinkled texture,used in shoe soles

D
*Dance Shoes
*Demi Booy
*Derby Shoes
*Driving Moccasin

E
*Eel Leather

*Espadrille: A shoe or sandal style that has a women rope or similar material covering the wedge or sole

*Exercise Sandals

*Eva: Ethylene vinyl acetate

F
*Faux Leather
*Flipflop

*Flats: Shoes that do not have any heel height

*Football Shoes
*French Heel

*Fabric: A type of material used on shoe

G
*Golf Shoes

H

*Heel

*Heel Height: Heel Height is measured on a vertical line at the top of the  heel and goes from the bottom surface of the sole to the floor

*Hiking Boots
*High Profile

I
*Imitation Leather
*Insole

J

*Jelly Shoes: Man made shoes with a soft rubbery material

K
*Kitten Heel

L
*Laces

*Lace Up: A string threaded through the eyelets of a shoe used for fastening the shoe

*Loafers: A low step-in shoe without shoe laces or buckles

*Low Profile
*Lucite

*Leather: The hide of an animal that has been treated and tanned

M
*Man Made: Not made from animal

*Mary Jane
*Medium Height Heel

*Moccasin: A slip on shoe with visible stiching around the perimeter of the box creating a gathered effect

*Motorcycle Boot

*Man Tailored: Similar to an oxford shoe(a low shoe with laces over the in step)

N
*Norwegian Shoe

*Nubuck Shoe: Leather with a soft and velvety surface and is considered very durable

O

*Oxfords: A low shoe with laces over the in step

*Oil Tanned Leather
*Open Toe
*Orthopedic Shoe
*Outsole

P
*Peep Toe: A shoe that has an opened toe in the front

*Pigskin Leather
*Pilgrim Shoe
*Plain Toes

*Platforms: A shoe with thick sole under the front part of the foot and high heel

*Point Shoes
*Point Shoes

*Pumps: Classically a high,medium or low heeled,totally enclosed shoe.variations include an open toe or ornament

*Pvc

*Patent: Various materials can be used to create a varnished hard and glossy finish

Q
*Quater Rubber

R
*Riding Boots: A boot designed specifically for riding horses.usually knee high and with a low heel.the term can also refer to fashion boots that are designed to resemble riding boots

S

*Sandals: An open toe and open back shoe with leather or fabric straps accross the foot

*Sling Back: An open back shoe with an elastic or buckle strap going around the upper heel

*Shaft Height: Measurement of the shaft of the boot,which is from the top of the boot to the inside seam where the instep and the sole meet.

*Saddle Oxford
*Saddle Shoes
*Scupted Heel
*Sock
*Semi Brogue Shoe
*Shoe Trees
*Shoe Sizes
*Sillicon
*Slip-On

*Slipper: A flat casual slip-on usuaully worn indoor

*Snake Leather
*Snake Pump
*Sneakers
*Sole
*Spandex
*Sole Edge
*Split Leather

*Stacked Heel: A heel made of leather or another material covering that gives the appearance of a wood

*Stiletto
*Strappy Sandals

*Suedes: Leather that has been sandes or buffed to create a soft napped surfaced

T
*T-Strap
*Tango/Flamenco Shoes
*Tanning

*TasselTassel:a decorative rope and knot element typically found on the vamp of a shoe
*Tennis Vintage
*The Chukka Boot
*Track Shoes

*Thong: A sandal with an asymmetrically 'y' strap that passes between the first two toes

*Tpr: Thermoplastic rubber

*Twill: Fabric constructed in a weave

U

*Upper: The upper includes all the parys of a shoe above the sole that are stretched or cemented together

*Uv Absortive

V
*Velvet: A fabric of silk,nylon acetate,rayon etc

W
*Wedge: A heel that lies flat to the ground and extends to the groind and extends drom the shank to the back of the shoe