Formal shoes
Men's leather-upper dress shoes in classic lace-up and slip-on styles, made to your last and pattern or taken from a maker's range.
About formal shoes
Formal shoes are the long-standing speciality of the Agra footwear cluster, India's pioneer leather footwear centre, with Kanpur close by for tanned leather and large export units. The range covers the lace-up and slip-on dress shoes that independent retailers, online brands and wholesalers stock for office and occasion wear.
Uppers are cut from finished cattle, buffalo, goat or sheep leather and lined in leather or other lining materials, then made up with leather or composition outer soles. You can supply a design or tech pack for private label, or select a pattern from a maker's ready range and have it produced under your brand.
Types
- Oxford (closed lacing)
- Derby (open lacing)
- Monk strap
- Brogue and semi-brogue
- Plain-toe and cap-toe
- Formal loafers and slip-ons
Materials
- Full-grain and corrected-grain cattle or buffalo leather uppers
- Leather or textile linings
- Leather, rubber or composition outer soles
- Leather or synthetic insoles
- Cotton, polyester or waxed laces
Standards
- Leather parts that touch the skin tested for chromium VI (limit 3 mg/kg, EN ISO 17075) where the buyer asks for it
- Restricted-substance test reports against the buyer's own list (for example azo dyes), from an accredited laboratory
- Footwear labelled for upper, lining and sock, and outer sole, as UK footwear labelling rules require (SI 1995/2489)
Options
- Your own last and pattern, made as private label to your tech pack
- A maker's ready range under your brand
- Your brand on insoles, outsoles and labels
- Colour, leather and lining choices to sample
- Size run and width set to your market
Packaging
- Individual shoe boxes, printed to your artwork if you supply it
- Tissue paper, shoe trees or stuffing as specified
- Export cartons marked with style, colour and size breakdown
- Barcodes and carton marks to the buyer's requirements
- Moisture-controlled packing with silica gel for sea freight
Documents
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Shipping bill
- Bill of lading or airway bill
- Origin declaration or certificate of origin as the destination market requires
- Laboratory test reports
- Inspection certificate where the buyer specifies one
Specification
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Upper | Leather upper footwear (leather-upper shoes fall under HS 6403) |
| Construction | Cemented, stitched or welted, as the style and maker's tooling allow |
| Sizing | Size runs set to the buyer's market, including half sizes and widths where requested |
| Colours and finishes | Black, brown, tan and other shades; polished, burnished or matt finishes to sample |
| HS code | 6403 |
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