List of shoe styles

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities.

Additionally, fashion has often dictated many design elements, such as whether shoes have very high heels or flat ones.

Contemporary footwear varies widely in style, complexity and cost.

Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand.

Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship.

Sneakers
Leather ballet shoes , with feet shown in fifth position .
A cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria , northern Spain . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
A black derby shoe with a Goodyear welt and leather sole
Bast shoe
Reproduction caliga , made from a single piece of leather, plus an outsole added with shoe tacks
Duckbill shoes
A traditional galesh
Jelly shoes
A soft-soled moccasin
Opanaks
Paduka
Sandals held to the feet by both thong and straps.
Blue branded side-gusset slip-on shoes
High-heeled shoes with a stiletto heel
Toe shoe
Venetian loafers