popular shoes around the world

POPULAR SHOES AROUND THE WORLD
America-The founders of huge shoe brands like nike, jordan, saucony, new balance etc. Popular shoes in the east cost of america would be shoes like new balance, asic gells, air max. These shoes are all low top comfortable shoes. These tend to be more popular in the east because a lot more people would walk/cycle in the east because it would be busy in places like new york or boston. In the west coast people wear more high end shoes like jordans, yeezys, tubulers etc. These shoes are mainly high tops and would be less comfortable then the shoes i mentioned in the east.

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Europe-In the hotter countries in Europe, places like spain france italy people where breathable shoes due to the intense heat. they would where shoes like janoskis, vans, shell toes/superstars. these shoes are all simple low top shoes that can be slipped on and off. these shoes are also quite cheap 40-60 euro.
these shoes would also be good to play football in which is a very popular sport in places like this. Places like Ireland, England, people wear shoes like air max, gazelles, converse, stan smiths.

shoe materials

shoe materials
The earliest known leather shoe is believed to have dated back to 3500BC. It was made from cowhide and was found in a cave in Armenia in 2008.  Now this shoe was made from cowhide which is leather that is from the hide of a cow, shoes are now made of many different materials such as suede, mesh, rubber, wood and leather. these are just some examples. All these examples that shoes are made of are all made from a primary resource. For example suede is made from the underside of the skin of a lamb, but that's if its real. Here are some classic puma shoes, puma suedes.


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Some companies use cheap alternatives to materials. For example leathers cheap alternative is faux leather also known as pleather [plastic leather] this alternative is made from over laying fabric and plastic. This gives the effect of leather without actually being leather. An alternative to suede is vegetan suede.

The base  of shoes are mainly rubber or plastics this part of the shoe has to be durable because this is the part that is in contact with the ground. This is also the part of the shoe that has the most grip

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