upper part that covers the toes and front of the instep
The vamp is sometimes called the “face” of a shoe, since it is the most visible part to the wearer and those around them when standing.
Leather
Leather vamps are often cut longitudinally from parts of the hide near the spine. (Handmade Shoes for Men page 99)
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- 👞Adelaide Style
- 🪡Backseam
- 👞Balmoral
- Bellows Tongue
- 🧩Boot Tops
- Circular Vamp
- Closed Lacing
- 🎞️CopperyFoil Crimping a Vamp
- 📋Crimping
- Cut-Off Vamp
- 👞Derby
- Dog Tail
- 🪡Fender Stitching
- Full Vamp
- Integral Moccasin Toe
- Leather Grain
- Lining Leather
- Medallion
- 🧩Moccasin Toe
- 👞Oxford
- Plain Vamp
- Pump
- 🧩Quarter
- Quarter Seam
- Quartered Over
- 🧩Saddle Vamp
- Side Seam
- Split Vamp
- Standard Tongue
- Tab
- 🪡Toe Bug
- 🧩Toe Cap
- 🧩Toe Puff
- 📋Toe Shaping
- 🧩Tongue
- Tongue Seam
- Triad Style
- Vamp Crease
- ⌖Vamp Point
- Vamp Springing
- Vamp Wings
- Vamping
- Wrap-Around Vamp
- Y Vamp