Oh, patents! Shoe terminology....

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

There are more than a few technical terms in the I. Miller and Sons shoe patents. The "last" and "lasting" shoes (with no pun intended), the vamp, the throat and the tongue of the shoe... 

Below, a  small bilingual shoe-parts picture glossary is included for your information, and for the clarity, accuracy  and general elegance of your expression…!

And while we are talking shoe parts, we may as well talk shoe types… so you will also find a small bilingual glossary of shoes types… to French...and from French, too.  You know… your loafers, Mary Janes, slides and beloved Crocs™ ...!

English	français
loafers, slip-ons	mocassins (m. pl.), loafers (m.pl), flaneurs (m. pl.)
Mary Janes	babies (f. pl) , baby (f.s.)
clogs	sabots (m. pl)
Crocs™	Crocs™ (m. pl)
pumps	escarpins (m. pl.)
flats	ballerines (f. pl)
sneakers	baskets (m. pl.)
Oxfords	richelieu(s) (m. s(pl.).)
Derbys	Derby (m. s.)
mocs (mocassins – Native American with fringes)	mocassins
Keds™	Keds™ (m.pl)
(thong) flip flops	tongs (m. pl)
slippers	chaussons (m. pl)
mule	pantouffles (f. pl)
thigh boot	cuissardes (f. pl)
knee boot	bottes (f. pl)
ankle boots	bottines (f. pl) pour femmes, botillons (m.pl) pour hommes, boots (m.pl.) pour hommes et femmes)
Wellingtons	bottes en caoutchouc (f. pl)
wedges	(chaussures, bottes, sandales) à semelles compensées (f. pl. adj.)
espadrilles (canvas & rope-soled shoes)	espadrilles (f. pl)
sandals	nu-pieds (m. pl.)
(shower) slides	claquettes de piscine (f. pl.)
heavy duty lace-up boot  (hiking or work)	brodequin (m.s.)
t-bar sandal, cross-toe sandal, school sandal (by Start Rite in UK, and Sonnet un US)	salomé (f.s.)
winklepickers(UK)	chaussures à bout pointu ou pointues (f. pl)
Charentais (bedroom, carpet, house) slipper	charentaises (f.pl.)
deck shoes	bateaux (m. pl.)

References
Anatomy of a shoe pump (female)
http://www.runningwithheels.com/index.php/2007/12/anatomy-of-a-pump/
Anatomy of an athletic shoe
http://sanluispodiatrygroup.com/?page=shoe-anatomy

Dolce.fr – Lexique chaussures

http://www.dolce.fr/lexique-chaussures

Dupré, C. (1982) Vocabulaire de la chaussusre – Teminologie technique et industrielle – Cahiers de l’Office de la language française - Office Québécois

https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/bibliotheque/dictionnaires/1982_chaussure.pdf

Herrmann, F (2013) Wow patents! Crocs™!

http://patentsonthesolesofyourshoes.blogspot.com/2013/02/wow-patents-crocs.html 

Lexique de la chaussure – Jacques et Déméter

http://blog.jacquesdemeter.fr/lexique-de-la-chaussure/
Wikipedia - Derby shoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_shoe 
Wikipedia - Winklepicker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winklepicker
Wikipedia - T-bar sandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-bar_sandal
Wikipedia - Mary Jane (shoe)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_(shoe)
Wikipedia - Oxford shoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_shoe
Wikipedia - Derby shoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_shoe