TEXTILE IN FOOTWEARBy PARTHA SARATHI RANArana.partha.sarathi55@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION:-

Textiles clothing and footwear qualifications and competencies meet the need of workers

performing a broad range of manufacturing and process work across the textile, clothing

and footwear (TCF) industry. These activities include design, development,

manufacturing and merchandising.

This industry covers a range of sectors that can be described within three broad categories.

These are those which process natural and synthetic materials such as early stage wool

processing, cotton ginning, and hide skin and leather. Secondly there are those in

production such as clothing production, textile production, footwear production, leather

goods production and technical textiles. Finally, there are those services sectors such

as dry cleaning operations, laundry operations and footwear repair.

textiles clothing footwear furnishing.

CLASSIFICATION OF FOOTWEAR TEXTILE

SPORTS FOOTWEAR KOLHAPURI CHAPPLES

SLIPPERS ARMY BOOTS

TEXTILES USED IN SPORTS FOOTWEAR :- Three different kinds of fabrics, knitted, woven and non-woven are used for sports shoes. The fibres used for such fabrics are polyester, polyester-viscose, cotton and nylon. Sandwiched mesh also known as high-tech three dimensional fabrics Consisting of micro filaments sandwiched between two layers of meshes is also used as alternative to foam laminated fabrics. Polyester, polypropylene, nylon and cotton are used for sport-tech. However, the predominant use is that of polyester since it is cheap. Nylon is used for the premium range of shoes. Cotton is used predominantly in canvas shoes and children's shoes.

Market requirements of sport-tech textiles:

Year Sports Shoes Requirement of fabric (million meters)

Million Pairs

Value(Rs. Crore)

2001-02 570 5100(1020)

105

2003-04 595 5950(1200)

120

2007-08 804 8040(1600)

140

SLIPPERS:-As regards slippers, please note that such footwear should be with open heel and without functional laces, buckles or fasteners.

KOLAPURI CHAPPALS: Kolapuri chappals are leather footwear with outer sole of the leather and upper which consists of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe.

ARMY BOOTS:- The best quality of "French Terrain" brand of camouflage shoes in all weaves, i.e. twill, drill, gabardine, canvas, ripstop, oxford, etc; in cotton, terry cotton, polyester viscose, polyester, nylon, etc; with various finishes like oil and water repellent, stain resistant, fire retardant, etc;

HOW TO BE PROACTIVE IN FOOTWEARA. Type of Textile Material(Nonwoven Fabric including Felt; Flocking

and Chopped Textile Fibers; Woven Fabric Mesh; including “Gauze”; Knit Fabric including Openwork etc.)

B. Method of Construction(Applied/Glued On; Embedded);

C. Sole soiling material(jute rope on an espadrille);

D. Area in Contact with the Ground.

E. Durability (Empirical; No Formal HTS Criteria … yet).

DETERMINE THE METHOD USED TO TEXTILE MATERIAL ON OUTSOLE:-

A. Applied with adhesive(flocking, most non-woven)

B. Embedded(very hard to do it “right”)

C. Sole soiling material(jute rope on an espadrille);

EMBEDDED TEXTILE FABRICS HAVE AN “EMBEDDED”… BLEED-THROUGH PROBLEM

Molten rubber bleeds through the textile fabric during the molding process, often covering it completely;

Problem worse with thin and/or “open” fabrics;

Difficult – and often impossible – to measure in the lab

BALANCE SHEET OF TEXTILE, APPAREL & FOOTWEAR:-

FOOTWEAR PRODUCTION:- Most ‘brand-name’ footwear is produced overseas. Larger footwear makers in

Australia generally import components and assemble them here, concentrating on

developing products that appeal to Australian lifestyles. However there are a few

smaller Australian footwear companies that specialize in making custom shoes or

shoes for niche markets like ballet shoes, golf shoes, riding boots, boots, ice

skating boots and therapeutic and industrial footwear.

In such companies, there are opportunities for Footwear Makers, Machinists,

Finishers, Pattern Makers, Clickers and Table workers. There is also a growing

market for medical grade footwear and orthopedic shoes, and an increasing

demand for skilled footwear repairers.

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