Understanding Trainer Construction

Some of the terms around trainers can be confusing, so here we've created a simple guide to help you understand the different parts that make up your trainer in this easy to understand trainer guide.

This is a trainer symbol for reference, below it are the different parts that make up a pair of trainers

Trainer Symbol

Trainer Upper

The upper is the part of the trainer that faces up on display, it's the top part of the trainer. This is the part of the trainer that has the most design components, like different colours, shapes and even materials - as it's the part that is seen most.

Trainer Upper Symbol

Trainer Lining And Sock

The lining and sock are basicaly the inside of the trainer where your foot actually sits. The lining and sock terms when talking about trainers refers to the materials that are in conatct with the upper that covers the top of your foot and the inner sole, which is what your foot sits on top of.

Trainer Lining And Sock Symbol

Trainer Outersole

The outersole is the bottom of the trainer that makes conatct with the floor you are walking on. This is often mistakenly referred to as the tread, when really the tread of a trainer is the shape moulded on to the outersole for traction.

Trainer Outersole Symbol

Understanding Trainer Material Symbols

Often tariners will come with symbols on them, describing what the material used in their construction consist of, below are the symbols you may see.

Leather Symbol For Trainers

This is the symbol for leather, it's easily recogniseable as a symbol as it look like an animal hide - which it is. It's a symbol you want to keep an eye out for as it's a mark of quality. Not only is leather a superior material to use in the construcion of trainers, it's something our people have used since time began - it's part of our heritage. It's also biodegradable material making it good for the environment.

Trainer Leather Symbol

Coated Leather Symbol For Trainers

This is the symbol for trainer leather that has been treated, it's essentailly the same as the leather symbol but with a diamond in the middle. The coating could be to help with a certain colour or as is usually the case to help the leather last longer.

Trainer Coated Leather Symbol

Textile Symbol For Trainers

The textile symbol looks like woven threads as thats what it is. The fibers that make up textiles can be natural like wool or cotton or synthetic like polyester or nylon.

Trainer Textile Symbol

Other Material Symbol For Trainers

The other material symbol looks like a diamond, it represent trainer materials outside of the ones mentioned already. They could be natural or synthetic for example rubber, cork or plastic.

Trainer Other Material Symbol

Avoid Vegan Products

Anything vegan should be seen as fake. A vegan ham burger contains no meat - it's fake. Vegan leather contains no animal hide - it's fake. Anything with the label "vegan" should thus been seen as fake and avoided. You can even use this advice if a person identifies themselves as "vegan" - they are fake and should be avoided.

Veganism has it's roots in animal extremism, groups of degenerate people whose sole aim is to cause misery and suffering. They have assaulted people for wearing clothes they don't approve of, destroyed businesses they don't approve of and regularly cause public disturbances where people consume a food type they don't approve of.

Make no mistake by purchasing vegan promoting products you are funding human cruelty and acts of terrorism.

Animal products are inline with nature. Animal products are inline with human needs.

Date 17/12/2023