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This is a list of shoe styles and designs. A
shoe A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. They are often worn with a sock. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture ...
is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function. Additionally, fashion has often dictated many design elements, such as whether shoes have very high heels or flat ones. Contemporary footwear varies widely in style, complexity and cost. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional
handicraft A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
shoemaking has now been largely superseded in
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of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in
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, attention to detail, or Artisan, craftsmanship.


Shoe styles

Shoe designers have described a very large number of shoe styles * Air Force (shoe), Air forces * Ballet shoe ** Pointe shoe * Bast shoe * Blucher shoe * Boat shoe * Brogan (shoes) * Brogue shoe * Brothel creeper * Derby shoe, Bucks * Cantabrian albarcas * Chelsea boot * Chopine * Chukka boot * Climbing shoe * Clog * Court shoe (British English), or pump (List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z#P, American English), or d'Orsay pumps * Cross country running shoe * Derby shoe * Chukka boot#Desert boot, Desert Boot * Diabetic shoe * Dress shoe * Duckbill shoe * Driving moccasins * Earth shoe * Elevator shoes * Espadrille * Fashion boot * Galesh * Geta (footwear), Geta * Giveh * High-heeled footwear Image:Galesh zanooneh.jpg, A traditional galesh File:Stilettos-heels-b.JPG, High-heeled footwear, High-heeled shoes with a stiletto heel * Huarache (shoe) * Jazz shoe * Jelly shoes * * Jutti * Kitten heel * Kolhapuri Chappal * Kung fu shoe, a type and style of slip-on shoe traditionally worn while practicing kung fu. * Slip-on shoe, Loafers * Lotus shoes * Mary Jane (shoe), Mary Jane * Mojari * Moccasin * Monk shoe * Mule (shoe), Mule * * Opanak * Opinga * Organ shoes * Orthopaedic footwear * Over-the-knee boot * Oxford shoe * Pampootie * Peep-toe shoe * Peranakan beaded slippers * Peshawari chappal * Platform shoe * Plimsoll shoe, Plimsoll * Pointed shoe (disambiguation), Pointed shoe * Pointinini * Riding boots * Rocker bottom shoe * Rope-soled shoe * Russian boot * Saddle shoe * Seaboot, Sailing boots * Sandal * Silver Shoes * Slingback * Slip-on shoe * Slipper * Sneakers (footwear), Sneakers ** Trail running#Equipment, Trail running shoes * Snow boot * Spectator shoe * Spool heel * Steel-toe boot * Stiletto heel * T-bar sandal * Tiger-head shoes * Hiking boot#Types, Hiking shoes * Vibram FiveFingers, Toe shoe * Tsarouhi * Turnshoe * Venetian-style shoe *Walk-Over shoes * Wedge (footwear), Wedge * Wellington boot * Winklepicker * Wörishofer * Zori


See also

* Calceology * Cordwainer * Horseshoe * List of boots * List of footwear designers * Locomotor effects of shoes * Shoeshiner * Shoe size * Shoe store * Shoe tossing * Shoes on a table * Sneaker collecting


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoe styles Shoes Clothing-related lists