Abrasivato

Smooth leather, where a special buffing process produces a sheen; Synonyms: Brush leather

ACS® (Air Cushion System)

Combined absorption and ventilation system; an air cushion in the heel area provides air supply and cushions the foot; a characteristic of Victory Technic® sport shoes

Aligned

Rounded; refers to the shape of the toe cap.

Anilin leather

Drum-dyed, high-quality Smooth leather, whereby using transparent dyes (the so-called transparent colouring) the natural markings of the leather are emphasised; the dying process is mainly carried out in a drum.

Ankle Pumps

Elegant-erotic pumps variation with a small strap around the ankle.

Antique leather

A kind of antique patina is produced by dying, printing, or spraying of smooth leather.

Aqua types

Shoes, whose shapes and materials are inspired by water sport equipment.

Ballerina

Light cut-out lady’s shoe with rounded point and with very flat or no heels.

Blank leather

Very thick, strong, uncoloured, natural coloured cowhide or pigskin leather for rustic leather goods.

Block heel

Blucher

American name for the Derby.

Boat shoes

Sporty Slipper in Moccasin style, often with a half-concealed leather band, which is pulled through the shaft rim; mainly produced in robust (water resistant) cowhide leather with an anti slip sole

Bobble

Synonym: tassel, Leather shawl; accessory on a Loafer or Slipper.

Boots

See Short boot/bootee

Borgue

General term for a classic-elegant shoe with hole pattern; see also Full and Semi-Brogue.

Bottom

Base of the shoe; includes amongst others insole, outsole and heel.

Box calf

Fine, firm calf leather with regular grains and silky sheen; relatively thin, however, with a firm structure.

Box side

Firm, robust, hardwearing Leather from mature cattle and cows with distinct pores.

Brogueing

Artistic geometrical decorated perforated hole pattern as decoration on the Brogue.

Brush leather

See Abrasivato

Budapest shoe

Wing toecap with an origin in Hungary; identical with the Full Brogue, however with sporty Derby lacing.

Calf velours leather

Calf leather, which has been buffed on the flesh side

Cambrelle®

Hardwearing, fast drying lining, which can absorb a lot of moisture.

Camoscio

High-quality Roughout leather.

Carrée form

Square form of the to cap

Casual

Informal, sporty, and comfortable clothing and shoes; highly relevant fashion topic.

Chagrin leather

Synonym: Pressed grain leather; has special markings, which are created by embossing or pressing; frequently with imitations of reptile leather.

Chamois

Synonym: Shammy leather; Leather from genuine wild fur tanned with whale or fish oil, which is often used for traditional costumes; shammy leather from sheep is often used for window cleaning cloths.

Chelsea Boot

Ankle high men's short boot for slipping on with a stretch-elastic side inserts; originally worn with long breeches. The typical colour therefore is show jumper black.

Chevreau

Fine, soft Goat/kid smooth leather with half moon shaped pores.

Chevrette

Leather made from the skin of an immature goat; softer than Chevreau-Leather with more even markings.

Chopine

Venetian pedestal or stilt shoes from the 16th century; forerunner of platform shoes.

Cigarette trousers

Slim straight-cut trousers. Very often with pleat

Clogs

Originally Mule with wooden sole; in a broader sense: Mule with thick Platform sole.

Closed front lace up

Elegant lace-up with closed front for ladies’ and men’s shoes; classic representatives are the Full-Brogue and the Oxford.

Closed front shoe

Opposite of the Derby, elegant upper pattern, where the toecap has been placed on top of the quarters (sides of the shoe).

Coated leather

General term for leather, which has been coated with a thin plastic foil, e.g. patent leather.

College

Elegant Slipper similar to the Loafer, fitted with a buckle across the instep and a leather tassel for the classic finish.

Colour covering

See Colour Finish

Colour finish

Leather colouring, where covering pigment colours are applied, so that the natural surface of the leather is no longer recognisable.

Comfort shoe

Comfort shoe for sensitive feet; exemplary characteristics: foot bed, insole pad, air cushion, extended heel stiffener, soft Leather, sufficient toe space, width system

Cord stopper

See Draw cord

Cordovan

Hardwearing glossy horse leather.

Cover sole

Comes into direct contact with the sole of the foot; should absorb foot moisture and be colourfast; often logo, and other information is imprinted or embossed.

Cowhide

General time for Leather from raw cowhides; mainly hardwearing and waterproof.

Creased or wrinkled patent leather

See Wet look leather

Crushed patent leather

See Wet look leather

Dandies

Classic-elegant flat leather tie-up shoe in the style of the Twenties and Thirties; different shoe types are possible.

Deitex®

See Membrane

Derby

Opposite of the Closed front shoe; sporty upper pattern, where the butt-seamed quarters (sides of the shoe) have been placed on the toe cap.

Diabolo heel

Dianetten

Sandal, Light sandal or Mule, with a toe separator (small strip between the great and middle toes)

Dish shaped sole

Outsole, which is fitted on the side of the Shaft

D´Orsay

Feminine shoe, similar to the pumps; enclosed heel and ball of the foot, the middle part of the foot remains free; possible in numerous versions; the inventor and provider of the name in the 19th century was the Frenchman Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay

Doubleface

Natural grown sheep or lambskin, where the wool is worn on the inside; the treated velour side is exposed in the outside, i.e. the flesh side has been buffed.

Draw cord

Fashionable accessory; often a stretch band, which is pulled through the shaft rim

Ecrasé leather

Synonym: Shrinking leather; the grain is distinguished by grooves and folds (curly markings), resulting from a special tanning method, which lets the leather shrink.

Espadrilles

Linen shoes with strand rope sole

EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate)

Light, fine-pored sole material wit good absorbing characteristics; often used for sport shoes.

Exotic leather

Precious and expensive leathers from ostrich and emu skins, as well as from reptiles (mainly crocodiles, lizards, and snakes); import restrictions due to the "Washington Endangered Species Protection Agreement"

Fantasy leather

is produced through the imaginative processing of the leather surfaces through embossing, printing, pressing, foil coating etc.; often for imitations of Exotic leathers.

Finish

See Dressing

Flamenco

Elegant, simple mainly plain uni-coloured Strap shoe with a medium high block heel; the form is derived from the Spanish dancing shoe.

Flat

Sporty, men’s Sandal, toe and heel closed, with side slits and cutouts.

Fleece

Hair of the newly sheared sheep or in outdoor fashion the warming insert between top fabric and liner

Flesh side

Underside (the side turned towards the animal) of the animal skin, which is processed into Velours leather.

Fluor colours

Fluorescent intensively luminescent colours

Foil leather

Leather, which has been covered with plastic foil or film; see also Patent leather.

Foot bed

Anatomically shaped sole for supporting the metarsal arch.

Full Brogue

Variant of the Brogue in Leather upper with fitted two wing caps (at the heel and at the toe) and a perforated pattern at the shoe point (rosette). The toecap is not straight, but heart shaped.

Fur

Normally animal skin with hair; in the technical language, skins from smaller animals, such as calf, goat, sheep or lamb are referred to as furs.

Fur velours

See Double face