Shoe sole only for crafting???

[jeshyr]

Does anybody have any idea what this photo is:



It looks to me like a pair of handmade crocheted sandal type shoes on a commercial type of flat shoe sole. If I squint at the sole I can sort of make out the word "Havaianas" which is indeed a brand of shoes but I can't find anything that resembles those anywhere on their website. Also had no luck with reverse image search through Google or Tineye.

I am imagining how cool it would to be able to buy a pair of shoe soles only and craft whatever I liked for uppers on them! It looks to me like these soles have holes all around the edge which would make it quite easy to attach uppers wherever suited you. Please somebody tell me this is a thing that exists...

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[acelightning]

the part where the ankle laces come around the side looks like two loops of the original lacing, or something very similar.

until you noticed it, i hadn't even thought of the possibilities for using those "barefoot" soles for making homemade shoes - and i've always wanted to make homemade shoes! thanks for the idea!

[jeshyr]

Ohhhh, I see what you mean. Like instead of taking them out of the sole altogewther they've been trimmed off and leaving a teeny bit. I think that makes sense ...

Making own shoes sounds like fun!! I made a watch strap last night :)

[acelightning]

up until very recently, i more or less had to make my own watch straps, in order to have purple ones - various permutations of black webbing and purple ribbons, but i could never manage a decent buckle. but just before my birthday, i was shopping in Target for something related to repairing the storm damage, and i happened to see a purple webbing strap, absolutely plain, that fit my watch without any modification at all. they were very cheap, so i bought two of them, and put the second one aside for when the first one finally wears out.