Todos los estudiantes de diseño de calzado deben saber los nombres correctos de las piezas de calzado.
Aquí se muestra un diagrama de las piezas de calzado que muestran los nombres estándar para cada pieza de calzado. ¿Qué es un refuerzo de ojetes, suela, o puntera? Si te encuentras diseñando un zapato, deberás conocer los nombres correctos para las piezas del patrón del zapato. ¡Ahora podrás ver la anatomía del zapato por dentro y por fuera! Aquí podrás ver un listado completo de los componentes del patrón de calzado.
Nombres de las partes externas del patrón de zapato:
Nombres de las partes externas del patrón de zapato:
Nombres para las partes interior de un patrón de calzado:
Lista de piezas de zapatos que se encuentran en el dibujo del diagrama de piezas de zapatos.
Puntera ,Panel anti rotura ,Piso, Pala, Pespunte doble, Ajuste de la lengüeta, Guardabarros, Carrillera , Garganta, Trabilla de la lengüeta, Ojete , Cordones, Logotipo en el lateral, Pared, Lengüeta, Hueco, Forro del hueco, Costura invertida, Escote, Entresuela de EVA, Contrafuerte exterior, Estabilizador entresuela, Muesca del talón , logotipo del talón, Bigote.
Do you want to start a shoe business or learn how how to start a shoe line? You are in the right place. Starting a shoe brand will not be easy; you will need lots of help, patience, perseverance, and passion. Building a shoe brand is complicated, but you can do it! Here is a quick 7-step guide to help you break down the shoe brand building process step-by-step.
The Shoe Brand Building Business Plan – 7 Steps
Building a business plan can seem like a daunting task. It helps to divide your shoe brand business plan into smaller parts. Here are seven parts your shoe brand business plan must include.
1. The Footwear Product plan 2. The Shoe Manufacturing plan 3. The Sales plan 4. The Marketing plan 5. The Distribution plan 6. The Staffing plan 7. The Money plan
1. The Footwear Product Plan
Your shoe brand will need products to sell! Your product plan should explain in detail exactly what kind of shoe you are making, and you should be making more than one. You will need to make a shoe line. Offering different models and prices gives you more chances to succeed. Dreaming, designing, and merchandising your shoes and the brand image you will use to propel sales is the fun part! Are you doing the design work yourself? Don’t worry; you can launch a shoe brand even if you can’t design shoes. You will need to hire a designer, But first, you will need to clearly describe what you what them to make.
2. The Shoe Manufacturing Plan
How are your shoes going to be made? Will you make them yourself, or buy them from Asia or Europe? Will you need special materials or tooling? Your manufacturing plan will need to include development phases and manufacturing requirements for your new shoe design. You will need a schedule. Summer sandals delivering in the fall will not succeed.
3. A Sales Plan for Shoes
As you develop your shoes and your brand, you need to consider the sales plan. Who is your target market? What stores will carry your shoes? When will your shoes be sold? Will you sell to retail locations and online? How much will they cost? Who will sell your shoes to the stores, and what is their commission rate?
Every new shoe brand must have a marketing plan! Without marketing, your brand will be invisible. Customers need to see your brand. You must find a way to reach your targeted customers and create a branding message to draw them to your brand and shoes. Do your customers shop on the web or browse boutiques? Should you advertise in magazines or hire a skywriter? You need to identify your customers and your competitors.
5. The Distribution Plan
How will your shoes get from the factory to your customers? The distribution plan links to your sales and marketing plan. You need to plan for exactly how your shoes will move from start to finish. Will the shoes land in your garage and ship to individual website customers? Maybe your container of shoes will ship directly to a rented warehouse?
6. The Staffing Plan
You will need a team. Don’t expect to build your new shoe brand by yourself. You will be the mastermind, the driving force, and the visionary for your new shoe brand, but you will need footwear experts to help. You may have an amazing new shoe design, but you will need development, production, sales, and marketing help. Don’t worry; you won’t need to hire an army full time, just be ready to pull in help when you need it. You can hire freelance and gig workers for almost any task.
Building your brand is going to cost money. The financing of a new brand is complicated. You will need to know the startup costs for design, development, production, shipping, sales, and marketing in advance. You will need to know how much money to allocate for each and when you need it. Where will you get the startup capital? Do you plan to have a Kickstarter campaign, or will you need to make a compelling pitch for an investor? Your money plan needs to include the cost to buy your shoes and your profit when you sell them.
You can do it. Get this book and get started today.
How to Start Your Own Shoe Company, follows two startup companies from initial launch to retail sales and marketing. Both companies have a unique style, budget, and business plan. In each of the 14 chapters, a requirement or process is clearly described, and you will learn how each of the two new shoe brands will best tackle this challenge. How to Start Your Own Shoe Company will guide you through how to start a shoe brand, creating your brand identity, legally setting up your shoe company, and registering your trademarks. You will also learn how to design and manufacture your shoes, how to find the best shoe factory, and how to go about selling your shoes.
Many other topics such as importing shoes, working with international distributors, calculating profit margins, paying overseas vendors, and necessary capital requirements will also be covered so you can get your startup moving forward right away. How to Start Your Own Shoe Company is arranged in chronological order, following the shoe company startup process from initial design, through development, production, sales, marketing, and distribution. More than 100 full-color drawings, photos, charts, infographics, spreadsheets, and sample forms clearly illustrate the complete step-by-step process. This book will help you meet many challenges and be your comprehensive guide to making your own shoe company come to life!
There is ALWAYS a place for a new shoe company. Billion-dollar shoe brands must look for huge opportunities, leaving small brands free to serve niche markets. Find your special feature or take a fashion risk. Go ahead, make something fresh!
Are you ready to start your own brand-building journey? Do your shoe business dreams seem unattainable? You need a business plan to transform your dreams into reality and successfully launch your shoe brand. So, what is a business plan for a start-up shoe company?
Most business plans start out strong. “I have a GREAT idea for a new shoe!” A great idea is a perfect reason to start your shoe brand. But, you need to have thought through many other planning stages to form a successful business plan. “Who will sell my shoes? Who will buy my shoes? How will I market my shoes? How can I afford this?”
Starting a new shoe brand may feel impossible! Don’t worry, you can handle this step-by-step and we can help you to dive deeper into the details along the way.
1: YOUR SHOES AND YOUR BRAND Does the world need another shoe band? What is special about your shoe brand? Making your plans, are you making the right shoes? Footwear brand identity development What is your target market and how do you target it?
2: CREATING YOUR SHOE COMPANY When do you need to legally create your company? What type of company? Creating and protecting your new brand’s trademarks Branding and web domains.
3: DESIGNING YOUR PRODUCT LINE Two kinds of design briefs Footwear merchandise plans How to hire a shoe designer Do you need a patent? Design vs. utility patents
4: PLANNING YOUR SHOE BUSINESS When and how to launch your shoes into the market: delivery seasons Financial modeling for your shoe business Calculating profit margins
5 : MANUFACTURING AND IMPORTING YOUR SHOES Finding a factory to make your shoes: Footwear agents and trading companies The shoe development process Import duty and shipping rates for your shoes
6: START-UP COSTS AND RAISING CAPITAL Footwear development expenses: the capital calendar Raising money to build your shoe brand Letter of credit and wire transfers
7: BRAND PROMOTION AND FOOTWEAR MARKETING What is marketing? Traditional, guerrilla, and social: Footwear marketing strategies Print and digital media Trade shows and alternatives for footwear brand marketing
8: FOOTWEAR SALES AND DISTRIBUTION The sales chain The language of footwear sales: Footwear buyers Sales and distribution models for shoe companies
9: SHOE COMPANY OPERATIONS Serving consumers: Operational models E-commerce platforms Third-party logistics for shoes
10: WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOUR BRAND? Strategies for growth Selling your shoes into new markets Diversify your product offering Vertical integration?
11: GOING INTERNATIONAL Defending your trademarks overseas: Distribution models Finding the right distributor: Purchase terms for distributors
12: WHAT CAN GO WRONG? Dealing with shoe production delays Footwear quality issues Lost trademarks Damaged equipment
Is it possible to design sustainable footwear that is comfortable, fashionable, and helps to reduce global warming? Soléi Sea has found a way! Here are 5 eco-friendly ways they nailed it and 5 more footwear sustainability tips coming next week.
With initial sales soaring, hot, new, sandal brand Soléi Sea gives the simple flip-flop a sustainable makeover and proves that sustainability is indeed in style. Their production and design teams looked at every component in their new Indie flip-flop design and developed a strategy to improve the global footprint of their brand.
5 easy ways Soléi Sea nailed it…we give them a 5/5 in our sustainability update ♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️.
Sustainable Footwear Material Choices
Silk Screen vs. Sublimation Printing
The first thing we notice on the Soléi Sea sandal is the vivid camouflage color scheme. The sublimation process makes this colorful pattern possible. A computer printer deposits ink onto transfer paper; a heat press then transfers this special ink to the shoe material surface. Unlike traditional screen printing processes, there is no messy liquid ink or toxic solvents. Additionally, the sublimation process prints every color at once, reducing the handling required. The sublimation process requires a white base fabric and thus water-intensive chemical dyeing processes can be avoided.
Sustainable footwear lasting boards
The Soléi Sea sandals are made with a recycled paper lasting board. Now common in footwear, sustainable lasting board products are manufactured using recycled post-consumer raw materials and post-production scrap. In some cases, the sustainable, recycled product option can also be less expensive.
Natural vs. Human-made Latex Foam
This sandal is made with a cushioned latex foam. Latex foam for footwear can be made from 100% natural latex rubber sap or human-made synthetic latex. Care must be taken to ensure the natural latex sap is sustainably collected and the many native workers are fairly compensated. For latex, a middle ground is sought that combines both naturally sourced and human-made latex.
Vegan leather in footwear
Vegan leather is a human-made material. In the case of Soléi Sea, recycled polyester is used to make the microfiber backing fabric. The skin surface is a thin machine made film designed to accept the vivid colors of the sublimation printing. By choosing not to use animal leather, Soléi Sea is doing its part to reduce the intensive and negative environmental impacts of bovine leather production.
Organic fibers in shoes
Every single part of this classic sandal can have a sustainable makeover. Even the hidden reinforcements can be made with recycled polyester webbing or organic fiber cordage. In this case, the straps are reinforced with recycled fiber webbing.
ECO TR outsole rubber
Soléi Sea makes their sandal bottom with a recycled ECO TR rubber outsole. Because the factory makes the sole using an injection process, there is almost no manufacturing waste scraps. The Soléi Sea bottom supplier has a unique compound that reprocesses post-consumer and post-production materials into high-quality parts that do not look recycled.
Water-based cement for shoes
The sole unit and foam parts of the sandal are bonded together with water-based cement. Water-based cement is the more sustainable choice because it has no toxic solvents or volatile chemicals. Water-based shoe cement improves the worker’s health and the world’s environment. New advances in water-based bonding technology have improved its strength and reduced the energy required to cure the cement.
Sustainable shoemaking
To learn more about sustainable shoe making check out the Shoe Material Design Guide. This book covers all types of shoe materials including leathers, rubbers, fabrics, and sustainable options.
Sneaker Design – 4 elements of great shoe design: S.L.A.M. #1 Silhouettes #2 Logos #3 Accessories #4 Materials
Shoe Design : How to make your shoe design a SLAM dunk.
Silhouette [ sil-oo-et ]: The outline or general shape of something:
Sneakers come in all shapes, from super sleek to ultra puffy, it is the designer’s choice.The silhouette of a sneaker is determined by the shoe last, the shape of the pattern parts, and the padding. Fashion trends, manufacturing techniques, and footwear technology are all at work. With your mind and eyes open, you can see classic shoes with iconic silhouettes and new shoes with dynamic unmistakable shapes.
Shoes built for the same function can have radically different silhouettes. Let us take, for example, three running shoes produced by Nike in 1980, 1990, and 2020. Of course, we see vastly different manufacturing techniques and material combinations, yet we also see that all three have unique silhouettes. The shoe silhouette is delivered by the shoe last, outsole geometry, and most importantly, the pattern.
The shoe pattern is how you deliver the silhouette. What is the pattern? The pattern of a shoe is the shape of all the shoe’s individual upper parts. The shoe factory will use the pattern information to cut the parts and build the shoe.
A simple pattern makes a clean silhouette, a complicated pattern makes a wild silhouette.
Logos: Design a logo strategy
The logo may be the most important part of your shoe. It may be the only reason a customer looks at your shoe design. Sometimes, the only reason a shoe exists is to carry the logo. If a new shoe design is uniquely radical or special in some way, the logo may just be along for the ride. In some cases, the logo may barely present itself, think of Yeezy or Prada.
Feature LogoBranding LogoStyle Logo
Logos on shoes will have specific functions. The logo lets the customer know the brand that made the shoe and the athlete that endorses the shoe. Logos are used to communicate a technology, a special feature, or a partnership with another company, brand, or personality. The design of your logos may help you communicate a theme or principle, like sustainability, for example.
Every shoe design needs a logo design strategy. The design brief may give specific instructions, or the shoe brand may have a specific policy established as part of the overall corporate design strategy.
Accessories: Transform your design into a shoe
The accessories of your design are key elements that make your shoe design into a real working shoe. The main accessory of your shoe design is the outsole componentry. The outsole of your shoe is usually the single most expensive part to design, develop and manufacture.
The outsole determines the price and performance of your shoe. The casual solid rubber cup sole unit may cost only $2.00, while the 4-part running sole with airbag may cost Nike $15.
Upper TechnologyUpper TechnologyUpper Technology
Accessories can also be lacing systems, running computers, or injection molded upper components. Anything that delivers your technology or the theme of your shoe design.
Materials: What is your shoe made of?
The material selections for your sneaker design will determine the construction, price, performance, weight, and import duty. There are thousands, if not millions, of material options for a shoe designer. Your shoes’ functional requirements and design theme will help you make your selections. The performance requirements and price targets of your shoe design will help you narrow the selection.
Synthetic LeatherSuede Leather Mesh Uppers
Some important points to detail in specifying materials are the color, texture, thickness, backing type, backing color, price, and MOQ. (Minimum Order Quantity). We have written an entire book on the subject of footwear materials. See the Shoe Material Design Guide
Next time you design a new shoe… Make sure to S.L.A.M. it!
You will find fake Adidas shoes in stores all around the world. Our goal is to help you spot these fake counterfeit shoes and teach you some shoemaking tips.
How can I tell if my Yeezys are fake?
Today we have two pairs of the Yeezy 500, and we will have a good look at the small details that tell the big story of counterfeit sneakers. We will study the Yeezy 500 purchased directly from Stock X and the counterfeit shoe imported from South China. You will learn how to tell if an Adidas shoe is real or fake. The secret to making a ‘sneaker legit check’ is understanding the signs of quality shoemaking.
The price is right?
When shopping for real Yeezy sneakers you should expect to pay real Yeezy prices. If you find a rare Yeezy 350 Boost or a unique color at a price that is too good to be true… then it IS too good to be true. Low prices and beat-up boxes are your first clue that you have a fake, counterfeit or illegally smuggled-in B-grade shoe.
You should make any mail-order or E-Bay purchases with only trusted retailers. Remember, slightly used does not mean the shoes were real Yeezys to start with.
Inspecting the Yeezy 500
The first thing I look at when comparing the fake and the real Yeezy 500s is the materials and workmanship. When reviewing the materials of the Yeezy 500, you don’t need to have an authentic shoe in your hands. If you know what to look for, a few high-quality photos of the real shoe is all you will need to check the materials.
While looking at the Yeezy materials, also study the build. Adidas’s real Yeezy does not have perfect build quality, but the counterfeit Yeezy is clearly not made to the same quality standards.
What is a ‘real’ Yeezy 500 made of?
The real Kanye West designed Yeezy 500 is made with a mix of genuine suede, Nu-buck, and pigmented full-grain leather. The suede is medium nap so it is a bit hairy. To clean up the hairy edges, Adidas has color embossed the edges. You can see this on the eye stay parts and the ankle strap. The eye-stay underlay is a pigmented full-grain leather. The surface is uniform in color with a slight texture emboss. You can see it’s genuine leather by the texture of the cut edge.
The rubber foxing overlays a panel of bushed nu-buck leather. This high-quality nubuck leather has a smooth, uniform, and velvety surface.
Real: Nu-Buck leatherFake: PU Nu-Buck leatherAdidas Yeezy 500 Heel view
Our fake Yeezy 500 is constructed with low-quality, high-nap, belly suede. The surface is rough and hairy. You can also feel the leather’s substance is soft and spongy, not the firm high-quality suede of the real Adidas-made Yeezy. The eyestay underlay is synthetic PU with a leather-like embossed surface.
If you look at the edges, you see the synthetic backing fiber is grey-blue. This is not leather as the original Yeezy 500. The fake Yeezy has swapped PU Nu-buck for the genuine Nu-buck leather on the real rubber underlay panel. The plastic-looking surface and white backing edge is a dead giveaway that this shoe is fake!
The Yeezy 500 Tongue
Looking at the tongue face of our two Yeezys, you can see dramatic differences in material quality and workmanship. The real Yeezy 500 tongue has smooth contours made with a firm foam wrinkle-free fabric—the fake tongue shows open seams, wrinkled fabric, and soft creased-foam backing.
See inside the tongueThe fake Yeezy with wrinklesThe real Yeezy smooth and solid
Also, look at the base of the tongue. The real Yeezy 500 has a smooth rolled edge with a reversed seam. The fake has a rolled edge but with extra stitching to hold the material flat.
The fake Yeezy eyestayA real Yeezy eyestay
The Yeezy 500 sidewall foxing
The cemented rubber foxing or rand is a distinctive feature of the Yeezy 500. The real Yeezy shoe has a uniform texture with verticle striation lines.
The rubber foxing on the fake shoe has horizontal grooves and about half the thickness of the foxing on the real shoe. The fake Yeezy 500 clearly shows the x-ray of the underlying seams.
The Yeezy pattern and silhouette
Kanye West’s Yeezy 500 pattern is a complicated collection of curves, overlays, and contrasting material underlays. It is a challenging shoe to make and very difficult to copy. Side-by-side, you can see the crisp silhouette lines on the real shoe vs. the copy. Notice how the instep contour and collar top line of the original are well defined.
On the heel view, you can clearly see the fake pattern has missed the mark.
Adidas has dusted off the 90’s vintage “feet you wear” technology for the Yeezy 500 outsole design. The 500 is a unique and patented pattern of foot pods and midsole structures. The fake outsole unit is nearly identical. The tooling design for the rubber compression outsole is well duplicated. The color of the rubber is not correct, and the compound is slightly softer than the authentic.
The authentic Yeezy 500 soleThe counterfeit Yeezy 500 sole
We zoomed in on the toe tip to get a good look at the Adidas “mountain” logo. The fake Adidas logo is well made in this case.
Fake: Yeezy 500 tip logoReal: Yeezy 500 tip logo
The EVA midsole of the counterfeit Yeezy 500 is close but just not made to the same quality standard. The fake midsole has some pigment issues and some extra air vents you don’t see on the authentic Adidas sneaker. We zoomed in on the side logo here, and you can see extra air vents on the logo and venting on the midsole edge.
Real: Fewer vents and cleaner fit.Fake: Ugly Air vents and poor fitting.
Inside the chopped Yeezy 500
Yes! We cut-up a pair of Yeezy 500s so you can see inside a real pair and a fake pair.
First off, you can see the fake Yeezy 500 is missing the injection-molded shank. You don’t have to cut your shoes to check this feature; you can remove the footbed and press on the Strobel bottom with your fingers- you can feel the end of the shank.
The Yeezy 500 internal construction
The cross-section of the heel shows you just how poorly the fake shoe was made. You can see the heel counter of the fake is paper-thin, and the foam parts are misshapen.
The toe section of the real Yeezy has a nice smooth curve. The fake Yeezy is missing the toe counter and has a flat contour that is too soft and already collapsing. Also, notice the fake shoe has a much thicker foam lining.
The real Yeezy toe stands upThe Fake Yeezy heel pocket is wrong
The tongue section clearly shows how the real Yeezy internals are neatly assembled. The fake Yeezy tongue is a mess of layers and bunched-up foam parts.
Interestingly the counterfeit Yeezy has a softer footbed; you would normally expect the fake to be very stiff with cardboard-like foam. Both the authentic and counterfeit are marked with the Orotholite trademark, but you can see the color inserts are not correctly placed on the fake Yeezy footbed.
Look for the aligned insertsThe fake is too soft
Inside, the real Yeezy has a solid, smooth, white Strobal board with a thin foam layer. The fake Yeezy Strobel sock has a glossy textile surface.
Real Yeezy with foam padded strobel
The Verdict: Not a convincing Yeezy 500 fake.
After looking at the upper materials, outsole parts, and internal construction, we can see this is an obviously counterfeit Adidas Yeezy 500. This fake shoe suffers from the common faults: poor shoemaking and low spec material substitutions. Does the fake look like a Yeezy 500? Mostly. Will the fake Yeezy be comfortable to wear and long-lasting? No. This fake is a poorly made pile of junk.
Designing and producing sustainable shoes can be difficult but is an important factor to consider in today’s world of increasing climate change and climate change activism. We must think ahead and start with the design and material selection, to reduce our carbon footprint as consumers and manufacturers in the shoemaking industry. The modern mass-produced shoe, made of textiles, leather, plastic, and rubber parts all glued and sewn together is not environmentally sustainable.
The global footprint of shoemaking
The modern shoe is very difficult to recycle. The shoe factory workers secure the upper parts with stitching, and firmly bond the outsole parts with PU cement. Used shoes and sneakers are almost impossible to break down into useful components for recycling. The manufacturing of these components themselves consumes vast amounts of water and energy while creating mountains of post-industrial and post-consumer waste.
Your choices for sustainable shoe production
With that qualification said, footwear designers, shoe developers, product managers, and factories can make choices to help reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of shoe production. There are no magic shoe materials or production techniques that can make a shoe entirely green, sustainable, or ethical. Depending on your own environmental and social priorities, there are many options available.
We will consider different aspects of shoe production that can make your shoes more or less environmentally sustainable:
1. Sustainable shoe material selection
2. Environmentally friendly footwear production processes
3. Waste reduction in footwear manufacturing
Organic vs. man-made textiles
If your priority is drinking water preservation, then using man-made textiles is a better choice than cotton and other natural textiles. Both cotton and man-made fibers require large quantities of water for dyeing processes. Fortunately, the water in an industrial facility can be recovered, recycled, and reused in a closed-loop system. In Southern China, local governments have forced textile dyeing houses to relocate into industrial estates with controlled water purification facilities.
The process of growing cotton, especially organic cotton, consumes enormous quantities of water that is not reused in a closed-loop. Some studies estimate that more than 700 gallons (2,700 liters) of water is required to make the cotton for one cotton t-shirt! Yes, once we use water in the cotton fields, it does return to nature, but it is no longer available to drink or grow food crops.
On the flip side of cotton and natural fibers, is the production of man-made polymer-based fabrics such and nylon or polyester. The amount of water required to make these fibers is radically less, but the energy requirement is higher, and there is a greater danger of water contamination from petrochemicals.
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Natural vs. man-made “leather”
Natural leather from animal hides also requires large amounts of water. According to studies done by a major leather producer, raising animals and processing their hides requires over 264 gallons (1,000 liters) of water to produce two square feet of leather. Two square feet of leather is enough to make just one pair of shoes. Raising animals and then processing leather into hides has a two-fold effect on the environment. The contaminated and harmful agricultural run-off plus water containing hazardous tanning byproducts. Water aside, the treatment of animals is a significant concern for vegan customers while the production of human-made imitation leather is not regularly considered a moral hazard.
As with fabrics, the human-made alternatives to natural leather have their environmental costs. Human-made synthetic materials are very often layers of polyester fabric, foams, and fibers that are fused together. These layers are nearly impossible to separate once the shoe has reached the end of its lifespan. Producing synthetic materials also consumes energy, and the danger of water contamination from petrochemicals is high.
Natural vs. synthetic rubber
Again, the choice of rubber compounds comes down to a choice of your environmental priorities. Natural rubber production leads to increased deforestation in Southeast Asia and reduces the amount of land available for food cultivation. Synthetic rubber production requires a combination of Styrene and Butadiene. Both are petrochemicals refined from crude oil. The production of these compounds requires significant energy inputs, and both are byproducts of oil production.
Although there are many material options, each comes with either an environmental or a social cost. When you make sustainable shoes, you need to decide where your priorities lie.
Shoe materials with recycled content
Another way to reduce the overall environmental impact of footwear production is to specify some of the many footwear materials made with recycled content. When reviewing materials for sustainable shoes, it is important to understand the difference between post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Many industrial processes create waste or scrap inside the factories. However, the supply factory will recover and reprocess these materials into the finished materials. For instance, the injection molding supplier will regrind, and re-mold wasted materials. Fabric factories will chop and re-purpose textile fibers. For many factories, this is a simple and smart way to save money. Factories will collect other post-industrial waste and send it out for reprocessing into various other products.
Post-consumer recycled content is produced when the raw materials are recovered from the waste stream after use. These products may cost more, as the materials may require complicated sorting, cleaning, and reprocessing. The amount of post-consumer content in a product depends on the physical properties required. Usually, higher physical test standards will demand lower post-consumer content. Fabrics are now available with 10% to 70% recycled content.
Textile factories now make many woven and knit fabrics made with post-consumer recycled PET plastic fibers. Shoe lasting-board suppliers now produce Strobel materials with both post-industrial and post-consumer waste. Paper fiber-based lasting boards often contain over 50% post-consumer waste.
Additionally, foam factories can now supply shoe footbeds and linings made with post-consumer and post-industrial recycled foam materials and new biodegradable additives are available that allow plastic to degrade in decades rather than centuries.
Solei Sea is a women-owned business, started in May 2020. The sandal brand is the brainchild of four lifelong friends whose jobs were sidelined by the Covid crisis. Kristina, Andrea, Jami, and Ali set their minds to creating this business venture, and nothing is holding them back!
The partners at Soléi Sea come from years of successful wholesale and retail experience with limited knowledge in shoemaking and manufacturing. They read our entire series cover-to-cover, starting with How Shoes are Made and How to Start Your Own Shoe Company. The team contacted Shoemakers Academy for help with their shoe design, development, and product sourcing.
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Together, these women worked through online courses at Shoemakers Academy and simultaneously built their footwear product plan, marketing plan, and clarified their brand image. With their plans in hand, they consulted with “The Shoe Dog” and his team to help build their business.
Shoemakers Academy organized product development, production, and a quality control process to help Soléi Sea launch its footwear company. The Soléi Sea product line went from an idea to delivery in record time. Their first ocean container full of Soleis left China en route to the USA after only six months!
You can learn more about this sandal brand and its products by visiting www.soleisea.com.
Do you want to start your own shoe business? Are you in need of help getting your ideas off the ground, or have you encountered issues along the way that are holding you back? Shoemakers Academy offers various services and has contacts in design, development, manufacturing, QC, importing, and marketing in both the USA and China. Click here to learn more about our consulting services, or drop us a note at TheShoeDog@ShoemakersAcademy.com. We would love to help you too!
My friend, Franck Boistel, is an incredible shoe designer with over 25 years of experience designing all types of footwear. To be a pro, you must learn from a pro!
What: Franck’s footwear design workshop When: New sessions starting throughout the year How: E-mail Instafronck@gmail.com for details
WHY: Franck is excited to share his experience and the unique way he designs footwear products. Details from Franck below.
From Franck Boistel – Sole Explorer: We will talk about visualizing before designing, how to get inspired, ways to prepare your sketch, what tools to use, how to render, how to tape up an upper, how to make technical specs ready for the factory and all aspects of footwear design as well as how to prospect and be great and feel great in a design studio environment and working efficiently with your teammates. I look forward to talking with you!
I have 25 years of experience in designing cutting edge footwear in the action sports, fashion, lifestyle, outdoor categories, from concepts to production, for men, women, and children. Specialties: Trend Forecasting – Footwear design for men, women, and children – Footwear and Industrial Design in Lifestyle, Action Sports, Fashion, Outdoor, Tactical and Casual categories.
Franck Boistel has brought the world some of the most recognized footwear styles in action sports, fashion, outdoor, and lifestyle categories. His designs contributed to the success of the companies he has worked for, as he accumulated best sellers. Franck is a talented, skilled, and creative footwear Designer and Art Director with a French twist. – The Shoe Dog
Shoe Design Lesson 1 Introduction to shoe design, I will tell you about me and my design itinerary as a designer. We will talk about everything that comes before you even start to think of a design Inspiration. Questions and answers session.
Shoe DesignLesson 2 How to prepare before sketching footwear Visualize your shoe design Shape Mood boards for shoe design projects
Shoe DesignLesson 3 Footwear design sketching phases, and choosing your tools properly.
Shoe DesignLesson 4 Taping an upper according to your sketch. An important phase of the design of a shoe, especially if it is a complicated one. Preparing to present your sketch.
Shoe DesignLesson 5 Working on all views of your shoe design. We will go over what is necessary to achieve all views of the design in preparation of footwear technical specs.
Shoe DesignLesson 6 Rendering your shoe design. You may need to render your sneaker design to be ready to show your client or your team the final version of your shoe design. I will show you a simple way to render your designs without spending too much time on photoshop. A technic I developed by myself.
Shoe DesignLesson 7 Footwear Technical specs. All you need to know to prepare the tech specs ready for factory.
Shoe DesignLesson 8 Design Studio – Attitude at work – How to work with your team and how to overcome frustrations that may comes with designing and working with different departments within a company.
Shoe DesignLesson 9 Questions and answers session. After having discussed and participated in all 9 lessons, you will have questions. This final session is to make sure you understood the lessons and answering any questions you may still have on any of the topics that I went over during the time of the courses.
Post-consumer recycled content is produced when the raw materials are recovered from the waste stream after use. These products may cost more, as the materials may require complicated sorting, cleaning, and reprocessing. The amount of post-consumer content in a product depends on the physical properties required. Usually, higher physical test standards will demand lower post-consumer content. Fabrics are now available with 10% to 70% recycled content.
