Folk footwear

thumb|Klompen from the Netherlands

thumb|Contemporary moccasins

Snowshoes are specialized outdoor gear for walking over snow. Their large footprint spreads the user's weight out and allows them to travel largely on top of rather than through snow. Adjustable bindings attach them to appropriate winter footwear.

thumb|right|Russian valenki

Espadrilles ( or ; ; ; ; ) are casual shoes with soles made of esparto rope. The upper is usually canvas or cotton fabric and can vary widely in style. They are usually flat but sometimes high-heeled.

ancient form of footwear of northern Eurasia

alt=|thumb| over indigo-blue , the sock colour digitally altered for clarity thumb thumb|Similar four- and six-warp Chinese sandals, c. 1930 (:Commons:Category:Circa 1930 Chinese sandals AM 15832|other views)

thumb|right|Opanci with flat end, from North Macedonia thumb|Opinca from Romania Opanci are traditional peasant shoes worn in Southeastern Europe (specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and also Romania and Albania). The attributes of the opanci (name in plural) are a construction of leather, lack of laces, durable, and various endings on toes. In Serbia, the design of the horn-like ending on toes indicates the region of origin, though this specific design is not exclusive to Serbia. The opanci are also considered as the traditional peasant

thumb|upright=1.7|Two pair of sealskin kamiit. Left, winter kamik, right, summer kamik. Mukluks or kamik ( ) (singular: , plural: ) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik.

thumb|A pair of giveh Giveh or Giwah () is a kind of handmade shoe that is common in several parts of Iran especially in rural and mountainous areas of Kermanshah Province. The production centers of Giveh are the provinces of Yazd and Kermanshah and Arak in Iran. Marivan in particular is particular is famous in Iran as the centre of Kalash production and Senejan is popular for Ajideh production, the latter type received a UNESCO symbol too.

red outdoor shoes worn by the Pope

Roman Catholic pontifical vestment

Opinga (Gheg Albanian: Apânga) are traditional shoes worn by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia (opinci), Montenegro, Greece (by the Klephts), and the Arbëresh villages of Italy.

thumb|200px|right|A pair of black balghas.Balgha (), also spelled balga, belgha, or belga, are heelless slippers made from leather. They are part of traditional dresses of the Maghreb and Egypt.

thumb|Olentzero, a Basque Christmas figure, wears abarkas. The abarka (Basque), abarca or albarca (Spanish), avarca (Catalan) is the traditional footwear in Pyrenees. This sandal made in one piece of calf leather is tied by braided wool laces around the socks. Note however that in Cantabria, abarca is used for a wooden shoe. They were supplanted by espadrilles and rubber sandals for agricultural activities, but remain used for dance. The Spanish name of the espadrille, alpargata, is a derivative Mozarab al-párğa pl. al-parğāt of abarka.

ancient Jewish headdress

thumb|right|Avarcas for sale in Menorca.

traditional sandal of Mexico

thumb|right|A traditional galesh

traditional South Asian footwear

'''''' () are a type of traditional Korean boot, which, along with , is a subdivision of Korean shoes. The refers to all kind of shoes that do not go up to the ankle. are usually made of leather, and artisans who make the shoes are called . were originally worn by the Northern kingdoms of Korea. The horse-riding cultures of the North appear to have typically worn leather boots (), while the farmers of the South wore shoes of leather or straw (). Different types of boots were worn by military and civil officials.

thumb|upright|Tsarouchi shoe

footwear consisting of a sole with two leather ligaments

thumb|Man wearing ciocie thumb|A pair of ciocie Ciocia (pl. ciocie) is a kind of Italian footwear, now typically associated with the rural population of mountainous areas of Italy and the western Balkans. The traditional form of ciocie are made with large leather soles, tied to the leg by straps ( or ) bound between the ankle and the knee. Rather than socks, a large piece of loose cloth (, pl. ) was placed around the feet, ankles, and calves under the ciocie.