Spears Specialty Shoe Company, Custom Made Clown & Theater Footwear Since 1983

Shoe Styles - Basic

And Solid-color or Split-vamp Shoe Terminology

This page contains drawings and information to help you design your shoes. There are also photos of a few representative shoes at the bottom of the page. For details about construction features and options, please also refer to the Shoe Features page.

This drawing shows a high-top solid-colored shoe. It also applies to Tramps and Checkers (when complete shoe is checkered).

Solid-color or Split-vamp Shoe Terminology

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This drawing shows a high-top split-vamp shoe. It also applies to Checkers (where only the vamp is checkered).

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A few photos of representative shoes - please see Tramps and Checkers for more examples:

High Full-Length Lollipop (red) & High Petite Canoe (yellow)

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