r this sport and also as a fashion sandal.
What differentiates a hiker from a work boot is the construction of the shoe and it's outsole. Footwear is manufactured using cementing methods and vulcanized constructions. One outsole is designed for each category's activity such as hiking, river rafting or mountain biking. The outsole takes into consideration the sport and the foot movement of the activity.
Utility footwear or work boots have become a fashion statement in the footwear industry. Steel toes and blond colored nubuck leathers are features of work boots that have also carried over into the fashion footwear market.
Reports from the front lines of the industry during the 1990's, are anything but ambiguous; these first hand witnesses almost uniformly agree that outdoor styles and boots are the most exciting segment of the market. According t
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