Making a great shoe is truly a work of art
Making a great shoe is truly a work of art
More than 100 operations go into the construction of a traditional designer shoe. The first and the most important point is in the creation of the shoe last, a hand-carved wood or molded plastic imitation of the human foot. It alone determines the contour of the arch and how evenly the wearer’s weight will be distributed throughout the foot, both of which are critical in establishing the comfort of a shoe. This step really can not be ignored because nothing could be more important than comfort for feet. So measurement and trimming mean a lot.
A different last is needed for each shoe style no matter if it’s a handmade shoe or massproduced. Lastmaking is an art that demands great skill.
After the exact recording on 35 measurements for a “footprint” showing the
