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Deconstructing the shoe helped me better understand common footwear manufacturing techniques.
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Completely deconstructed shoe laid out to make a new pattern.
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Upper pieces cut out and ready to sew. I selected black and gray leathers to compliment the baby blue outsole. I used textured leather and underlaid components to add aesthetic interest to the shoe.
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Sewed halves of the uppers ready to be put together.
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Complete uppers ready for lasting.
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While the original shoes were slip-lasted in the factory, we learned how to last a shoe using tradition cobbling techniques.
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Lasted shoes ready for cupsoles.
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Stitching the cupsole to the upper.
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