Building a Custom Shoe with COMUNITYmade: Part 5 | Finished Uppers and the Lasting Process

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Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/

In this video Noah shows me my uppers of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. He explains the lasting process and shows you COMUNITYmade’s custom lasts. This is a great video for those who are interested in the process of what happens with a shoe once it’s ready to be placed on the midsole/outsole.

Questions:
0:40 What are we looking at here?
1:15 Why is the Last important?
2:25 How does the shoe keep its shape?
4:00 What are the different types of lasting? and what is the lining made of?
6:30 How many man hours have been placed into this shoe?
7:15 When compared with more famous brands how would you explain why this method is better for the environment?
8:36 Labor costs and sustainability
10:20 How does COMUNITYmade scale with this attention to detail?
Wrap up

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