In todays blog I will show you a certain type of material many shoes are made from, I will be talking about suede, what is suede? well suede is the underside of the skin of animals like lamb, goat, calf and deer. suede is most commonly used on pairs of shoes designed to look nice eg. for work or fancy dress.
suede can be identified by its soft feel and its ability to absorb water stains and wash off easily. The soft feel comes from the underside of the skin being rubbed up to feel quite like velvet. wearing suede was considered a luxury but quite recently more common brands have started to add suede to some of their types of shoes.
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The top pair are a classic pair of adidas shoes called stan smiths and after recent popularity with suede becoming a new style they adapted this to the original idea to create what is seen in the bottom picture. Other more popular brands are doing the same eg. nike, reebok and asics.
There is one downside to suede in my opinion and that is due to its fancy look and how its a little rarer and harder to male it will usually up the cost of the certain pair of shoes compared to their normal pair.
