Abstract
Abstract Functionality and appearance are key aspects of good footwear. Developments in recent science and technology offer a wider scope of innovations, contributing to diversity and higher complexity of the production concept of footwear. Contemporary industrial footwear market offers a practically limitless number of new design and fashion solutions, often of quite similar appearance, but with significant differences in quality level, both regarding manufacture, raw material content, durability, and in some special functional finishes. The materials for footwear manufacture are functionalized for functional protective purposes, such as antimicrobial, waterproofing, fire resistant, wear and tear resistant, and recently for some therapeutical purposes. Novelties in material functionalization for the materials built in the footwear are most often promoted and presented on tags and labels and are used as advertisement issues, while some functionalities have become a logo for some brands.
Highlights
Two basic aspects characterize footwear form the beginning of its history from the point of view a functional usable article – comfort and appearance
Apart from basic materials, numerous other materials are used in footwear manufacture, for uppers and bottom stock as well as for the inner parts of the footwear
Footwear manufacturers often check the quality of their ecoproducts according to the given criteria of eco-labs, even when they do not use the labels officially
Summary
Two basic aspects characterize footwear form the beginning of its history from the point of view a functional usable article – comfort and appearance. Both of them are defined by the materials, tools, machines, and devices used in the manufacture, manufacturing processes themselves, as well as by the form and shape of the footwear, whose historical development can be monitored and analyzed globally and individually. Developments in science and technology offer a much higher number of innovations in all the above aspects, which contribute significantly to the diversity and higher complexity of the production concept of footwear. A broad selection of various footwear models has been offered to the customers, and the choice of materials, functional segments, and additional finishes, such as antimicrobial and water repellent, play an important role in final selection and purchase [3]
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