Low drop footwear which provides an illusion or an outward appearance of heeled footwear having
heel-to-
toe drop greater than D.r comprising an upper having an outside face and an inside face, a low drop insole having a footbed face and a
heel-to-outsole face, and further comprising a
heel and an outsole,said low drop insole comprising a backpart and a forepart and a midpart therebetween, said insole backpart comprising a point-of-heel at said footbed face thereof and said insole forepart comprising a point-of-treadline at said footbed face thereof, wherein said insole footbed face provides a real heel-to-
toe drop D.r between said point-of-heel and said point-of-treadline, relative to said
tread plane, wherein D.r is in a range of from zero drop to 15 mm drop;and wherein said low drop insole comprises an insole backpart thickness at point-of-heel t.ih and comprises an insole forepart thickness at point-of-treadline t.it wherein t.ih is less than t.it,and said heel comprises a heel height, in line with said point-of-heel, H.h and said outsole comprises an outsole
forefoot thickness, in line with said point-of-treadline, t.o, wherein H.h is greater than t.o,wherein a difference in t.ih and t.it is less than or equal to a difference in H.h and t.o;and wherein said upper, heel and outsole provide an
enclosure enclosing said low drop insole,whereby said low drop insole extends (upwardly) within said upper inside face for said insole thickness or at least part thereof, a part thereof selected from a low drop insole and an upper and a method for the manufacture thereof.