What Are Flyknit Shoes?

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “knitwear?” Is it grandma’s hand-made sweaters with a personalized monogram at the front? Or is it the asymmetrical hat that you made as your first knitting project?

An assortment of outerwear such as sweaters, gloves, and hats, has always dominated knitwear. Then came knit shoes.

Knit shoes are game-changers. They represent a new archetypal footwear material, divergent from the traditional leather, textiles, synthetics, and rubber.

In essence, these shoes are knitted as opposed to sewn. Hence the manufacturing process itself is different. It is unlike traditional shoe manufacturing processes where mass-produced individual components are sewn together.

By contrast, uppers of knit shoes are entirely knit together from front to back. The soles usually feature other materials that boost its functionality and durability.

In this way, knit shoes are less modular and more personal, even if they are mass-produced from a machine. This makes it even better in terms of ethical implications on labor. But more on that later.

First, let’s delve into why knit sneakers are suddenly in vogue.