Presented by S. M. Murshidur Rahman student of Leather Engineering Department of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology(KUET), Khulna-9203, Bangladesh. To get the slide of this video visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2B6ePUTufmASxL9lbf-0Zg

1. Department of Leather Engineering, KUET, Khulna-9203.

2. Slip on Shoe
• Slip-ons are typically low, lace-less shoes. The style most commonly seen, known as
a loafer or slippers in American culture, has a moccasin construction. One of the first
designs was introduced in London by Wildsmith Shoes, called the Wildsmith Loafer. They
began as casual shoes, but have increased in popularity to the point of being worn in America
with city lounge suits. Another design was introduced as Aurlandskoen (the Aurland Shoe)
in Norway (early 20th century). They are worn in many situations in a variety of colours and
designs, often featuring tassels on the front, or metal decorations (the 'Gucci' loafer).
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3. • A less casual, earlier type of slip-on is made with side gussets (sometimes called a dress
loafer). Made in the same shape as lace-up Oxfords, but lacking the laces, these shoes have
elasticated inserts on the side which allow the shoe to be easily removed but remain snug
when worn. This cut has its greatest popularity in Britain.
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4. Historical Background
• A bespoke shoe company based in London that was established in 1847 developed the first
loafer as a country house shoe for the landed gentry and the royal family. The "Wildsmith
Loafer" made by Raymond Lewis Wildsmith of Wildsmith Shoes, was designed for King
George VI as a casual house shoe. The shoe has subsequently been marketed and sold by
other London shoe firms and dubbed "the Harrow".
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5. • Shoemaker Nils Gregoriusson Tveranger (1874–1953) in Aurland, Norway, introduced his first
design around 1908. At age 13 Tveranger went to North America where he learned the craft of
shoemaking and returned to Norway age 20. Around 1930, Tveranger introduced a new
design called the "Aurland moccasin", later renamed the "Aurland shoe". This design
resembles the moccasins used by the Iroquois as well as the design of moccasin-like shoes
traditionally worn by locals in Aurland. The Norwegians began exporting them to the rest of
Europe, where they were taken up by visiting Americans, and championed by the
American Esquire magazine.
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6. • Some photographs included with the Esquire feature were of Norwegian farmers in a cattle
loafing area. The Spaulding family in New Hampshire started making shoes based on this
design in the early 1930s, naming them loafers, a general term for slip-on shoes which is still
in use in America. In 1934, G.H. Bass (a bootmaker in Wilton, Maine) started making
loafers under the name Weejuns (sounding like Norwegians). The distinctive addition was a
strip of leather across the saddle with a diamond cut-out. Initially only worn in the summer
at home, the shoe grew in popularity in America to become a significant part of men's
casual shoe wardrobe; in Europe the style has never reached the same degree of ubiquity.
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Cont.……

7. • The term penny loafer has uncertain beginnings. One explanation is when American prep
school students in the 1950s, wishing to make a fashion statement, took to inserting a
penny into the diamond-shaped slit on their Weejuns. Another theory is that two pennies
could be slipped into the slit, enough money to make an emergency phone call in the
1930s. Either way, the name penny loafer came to be applied to this style of slip-on and has
since stuck. The practice continues, especially among those who remain committed to a
classic and refined but still scholarly appearance, such as lawyers.
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8. • In the mid-1950s, further continental influences brought a more elegant image to light,
lower-cut slip-ons, which moved from purely casual use to being paired with suits in the
1960s (but still only in America). In 1966, Italian designer Gucci made the further step of
adding a metal strap across the front in the shape of a horse's snaffle bit. These Gucci
loafers (now a general term referring to shoes of this style by any manufacturer) also spread
over the Atlantic and were worn by 1970s businessmen, becoming almost a Wall
Street uniform, reaching widespread use by the 1980s.
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Cont.……

9. • At the start of the twenty-first century a revival of penny loafers, whose popularity had
peaked during the mid to late 1960s and again during the early 1980s to early 1990s, in a more
rugged version closer to the original concept from moccasins, along with espadrilles, both of
them very low or flat without heels, went back to popularity in college campuses across
America.
• Another variation on the basic style is the tassel loafer, which emerged in the 1950s. Again,
though casual, their gradual acceptance among the American East Coast prep school culture
as equivalent to brogues (wingtips), has led to them being worn there with suits, where they
gained an association with business and legal classes.
Since the late 1990's, socks have been optional while wearing loafers.
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10. Basic Features of Slip on Shoe
 Any style for outdoor footwear without fastening over the instep.
 Usually has some form of gusset(elastic) to help fitting.
 Saddle or bar may or may not be on the design.
 As the name indicates ,these shoes can be slipped in and slipped out very easily.
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11. Slip on Shoe
Fig: Slip on Shoe
Topline
Vamp
Gusset
Quarter
Counter
Apron
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12. Gusset
Slip on :
Gusset
Fig: Slip on Shoe
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S. M. Murshidur Rahman
Department of Leather Engineering,
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna-9203, Bangladesh.
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