Hi everyone
We’ve been developing the product and i’m visiting the FE in a few weeks to review the various test prototypes we have in work. We’re still deciding on the construction of the tongue and its attachment.
the product is interchangeable where the upper zips off from the outsole, and can be changed into a hi-top silhouette simply by zipping on a new upper. the toecap is lasted to the sole and the upper zips off from toecap to toecap if you get what i mean
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Should it be a detachable tongue which attaches via velcro/other which would mean that the overall colour of the shoe would be tonal - ie. grey tongue and grey upper. This would mean that the tongue would be sold along with the upper as a separate product in-store.
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Or have a fixed tongue which would be stitched to the toecap - this will however compromise the look of the shoe as the tongues will all have to be one colour or, we design it so the tongue can be covered to compliment the upper colour.
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Also if the tongue is fixed it will have to somehow transform into a tongue suitable for a high top as well as a low top.
We’re speaking to buyers at the moment to gauge whether the detachable tongue is one step too far in terms of it becoming a 3 piece product - upper, tongue, outsole. It originally was conceived as a two piece product with only the outsoles and the upper.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks