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Parte superior: têxtil · Forro e palmilha: têxtil · Sola: outros materiais

Upper: textile · Lining and insock: textile · Outsole: other materials

D-02 — Line D — cupsole

Canvas Cupsole

The same canvas on a cupsole instead. More shoe underneath you, and it keeps its shape longer through a wet season.

$88USD, one-off purchase

Material label — Directive 94/11/EC

Statutory material label for the Canvas Cupsole
ComponenteMaterial
parte superioruppertêxtiltextile10 oz cotton canvas
forro e palmilhalining and insocktêxtiltextileUnbleached cotton drill lining, cotton-faced foam insock
solaoutsoleoutros materiaisother materialsMoulded rubber cupsole with a compression-moulded EVA wedge

Declared class is the material making up at least 80% of that component. What each class covers

Cannot be re-soled

The upper is cemented inside a moulded rubber cup. The join is permanent: removing the sole destroys the bottom of the upper. When the tread is worn through, the pair has reached the end of its life. What that means for the guarantee

Three things this pair will do

Yellowing amarelecimento
White and undyed cotton yellow faster than leather does, and washing with anything containing bleach or optical brightener drives the yellowing rather than fixing it. Sunlight and heat both accelerate it. Drying in the shade, slowly, is the single thing that helps most.
Creasing vincos
Canvas and mesh crease and crumple across the forefoot from the first wear. On textile the folds are softer than on leather but more numerous, and the fabric will not return flat. This is normal wear, not a fault.
Cleaning limits limites de limpeza
Mud, dust and most water-based marks come out of the weave with cool water and a soft brush. Oil, grease, ink and dye transfer settle between the yarns and are usually permanent. These shoes must not go in a washing machine: the heat and the drum separate the sole from the upper.
Size, EU

Small figure is the measured interior length in centimetres. How to measure your foot

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Specification

Everything we measured.

Figures are taken from a size EU 42 unless a range is given, and they are the same figures we hold in production.

Build

01
10 oz cotton canvas over a moulded rubber cupsole with an EVA wedge.
02
20 mm forefoot rather than 16, so it walks further comfortably than D-01.
03
Cupsole holds the canvas shape better when the shoe gets wet and dries.

Dimensions

Sole thickness, forefoot
20 mm
Sole thickness, heel
26 mm
Last
Standard
Forefoot width, EU 42
98 mm
Construction
cupsole
Re-soleable
No — the join is permanent
Country of manufacture
Country of manufacture is printed on the box and on the sewn-in label inside each pair.

Chemical compliance

Chromium VI in leather
≤ 3 mg/kg
Azo dyes
Within REACH Annex XVII limits
Nickel release, metal eyelets
Within REACH Annex XVII limits

Measured size table

Measured interior foot length and forefoot width by EU size for the Canvas Cupsole
EUFoot lengthForefoot width
3622.7 cm88.4 mm
3723.4 cm90.0 mm
3824.0 cm91.6 mm
3924.7 cm93.2 mm
4025.3 cm94.8 mm
4126.0 cm96.4 mm
4226.7 cm98.0 mm
4327.3 cm99.6 mm
4428.0 cm101.2 mm
4528.7 cm102.8 mm
4629.3 cm104.4 mm

Standard last. If this measures narrow for you, the wide-fit models add about 7 mm across the ball.

How this pair is cleaned, and what will not come out.

Cotton canvas and woven textile

  1. 01Remove the laces and the insock and wash both separately by hand.
  2. 02Brush dry dirt out of the weave with a medium brush.
  3. 03Work cool water and a little neutral detergent into the fabric with a soft brush, in small circles.
  4. 04Rinse by wiping with a clean damp cloth several times. Do not hold the shoe under a tap.
  5. 05Stuff with white paper — coloured paper transfers dye into wet canvas — and dry in the shade for a full day.

Comes out

  • Mud and dust
  • Most water-based food and drink marks caught early
  • Grass marks, partially
  • Surface grime across the whole upper, which lifts evenly if you treat the whole panel

Stays

  • Oil and grease, which sit between the yarns rather than on them
  • Ink and dye transfer
  • Yellowing of undyed cotton, which bleach makes worse rather than better
  • Stretch: canvas that has given does not come back
  • Never put these in a washing machine or a tumble dryer. Heat and the drum separate the sole from the upper.
  • Never use bleach or a brightener on undyed cotton.
  • Never dry them in direct sun, which drives yellowing.

Rubber midsole and outsole

  1. 01Work a stiff short-bristle brush with foam cleaner along the midsole, not across it.
  2. 02Run the brush into the join between sole and upper, where the grey collects first.
  3. 03Wipe the foam off before it dries, or it leaves a tidemark of its own.
  4. 04For the tread, a brush and plain water is enough. Do not soak the shoe to clean the bottom of it.

Comes out

  • Grey street film, which is most of what makes a white midsole look old
  • Scuffs from kerbs, mostly
  • Marks at the join between sole and upper

Stays

  • Yellowing of the rubber itself, which is oxidation through the material rather than dirt on it
  • Cuts and gouges in the rubber
  • Tar
  • Never use acetone or a solvent on rubber: it softens the compound and it attacks the cement at the join.
  • Never soak a shoe to clean its sole.
  • Never use a whitening product that relies on bleach. It sets the yellow rather than lifting it.
STITCHED JOINTnot used here — can be openedUNPICK THE THREAD, FIT A NEW SOLEBONDED JOINTevery pair here — cannot be openedREMOVING THE SOLE DESTROYS THE UPPERTHESE SHOES CANNOT BE RE-SOLED

Why the sole is permanent.

A stitched joint can be unpicked and re-made. A bonded one cannot. Both of the constructions we use are bonded, and that is a property of this kind of shoe rather than a shortcut in ours.

What this material actually needs

Matched to the label above rather than to whatever we would like to shift.

  • Three coiled pairs of flat white cotton laces

    Not footwear — composition listed

    F-01 · White

    Three pairs of flat cotton laces, 120 cm, the same ones fitted to every low-top here.

  • A pair of natural leather insoles lying flat side by side

    Not footwear — composition listed

    F-04 · Natural

    A replacement pair of leather-topped insocks. They are a consumable: the insock in a shoe you wear daily is finished long before the shoe is.