Casual Shoes
The line where labour, not material, is the cost. A sports upper is many small panels joined accurately, and the difference between a good one and a cheap-looking one is measured in millimetres at the seams where two colours meet.
Styles already built on this line.
Sample pairs from the development bench. Send the one closest to yours and it can be priced.
Every panel edge here is a seam, and seam length is what a sports upper actually costs — the panel count moves the price more than the materials do. Where two colours meet is the tolerance a customer notices first.
| Upper, as photographed | Multi-panel lace-up upper, mesh and overlay panels, moulded heel counter |
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| Sole, as photographed | Cupsole with a gum outsole |
| Material | Hide grade and finish agreed at quotation |
| Construction | Confirmed at sampling |
| Size run | Graded from the approved sample |
| Colourways | To your specification |
| Terms | FOB, ex Bình Dương |
A low-profile upper has fewer panels and correspondingly fewer places to go wrong, which makes it the quickest style on this line to sample. The foxing tape line is the finish that carries it.
| Upper, as photographed | Low-profile lace-up, clean quarter panel, contrast lace |
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| Sole, as photographed | Vulcanised-look unit with a gum outsole |
| Material | Hide grade and finish agreed at quotation |
| Construction | Confirmed at sampling |
| Size run | Graded from the approved sample |
| Colourways | To your specification |
| Terms | FOB, ex Bình Dương |
A court last is wider through the forefoot than a runner's, so this is not a colourway change from the styles above — it is a different last and a different pattern. The eyestay reinforcement is where lace tension goes.
| Upper, as photographed | Low-top court upper, reinforced eyestay, padded collar |
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| Sole, as photographed | Cupsole with a stitched sidewall |
| Material | Hide grade and finish agreed at quotation |
| Construction | Confirmed at sampling |
| Size run | Graded from the approved sample |
| Colourways | To your specification |
| Terms | FOB, ex Bình Dương |
How a sports pair
is actually built.
Five stages run on this floor. On this line the work concentrates in the closing room, because a multi-panel upper is labour before it is material.
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Design and sampling
The last, the sole unit and the panel breakdown are settled here. Tell us the panel count you have in mind and we will price it before it becomes a production problem.
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Cutting and panel preparation
Each panel is cut and prepared separately, so a multi-panel upper arrives at the closing room as a kit rather than as a piece.
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Closing
Where the money on this line goes. Seam length, not material, is what a sports upper costs — and where two colours meet is the tolerance a customer notices first.
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Lasting, cementing and inspection
The upper is pulled over the last and bonded to the sole unit, then checked against the approved sample before it is boxed.
What to send
for a sports quotation.
Four things move the price on this line, and the first one is most of the answer.
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Panel breakdown
The number of pieces in the upper is the labour, and the labour is the price.
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Construction
Agreed per style at sampling. Send it early and we will say whether the equipment is here.
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Sole unit
Stock component or made to your specification — it changes cost and timing differently.
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Colourways
Every additional break between two colours is a tolerance a customer can see.
Send the upper materials and the size run too if you have them — textile, synthetic, leather or a mix, and the ratio the grading comes off. Terms are FOB, ex Bình Dương, or built to your nominated suppliers; minimums, sampling and bulk timing are quoted per programme.
Audited against- Global Recycled Standard Certification
- amfori BSCI Audit programme
- SMETA 4-Pillar Audit methodology
- SCAN Audit programme
Global Recycled Standard
amfori BSCI
SMETA 4-Pillar
SCAN
Send the panel breakdown.
Or the pair you want matched. Either one gets priced; a category cannot be.