Design book for shoes

I am Vangelis Doukakis, footwear designer- Creator of precision factory patterns- Specialist in grading issues- Technical consultant- Author of a technical book on footwear design.

We will continue the series of articles we started. We talked about the role of the pattern in the construction of the shoe.

The question is how to get the right shoe pattern. The book the art of shoe design by Vangelis Dukakis is exactly that. All success starts with the last and it is the first one we will deal with

The last is the replica of the leg in plastic or wood or metal material with a smooth surface and better symmetry. Someone who does not know will also ask what is needed? The answer is simple. If we wrap a piece of leather around it, glue another harder leather (sole) underneath, and remove the last from this construction, we have made a shoe. So simple.

So the last is useful

• A-For the space occupied by the foot. (Its dimensions must be identical to the leg)
• B-Footwear design
• C- The production process (assembly, welding, etc.)

So to make the shoe pattern we need a last

Thank you very much

Soon together again