{
  "slug": "dress-shoes",
  "name": "Dress shoes",
  "question": "Which dress shoes and loafers have no plastic in the leather finish, the sole, the glue or the thread?",
  "status": "draft",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "alex-minoda",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/dress-shoes/",
  "summary": "",
  "whyPlastic": "A welted shoe is leather, cork and thread, and plastic gets in anyway. Patent and high-gloss leather is coated in polyurethane or lacquer, and most \"finished\" leather carries an acrylic topcoat; wax polish is the plastic-free shine. A leather sole is only leather. A rubber sole or heel lift is synthetic or polyurethane unless the page names natural rubber. Toe puffs and heel counters are thermoplastic in cheaper pairs and leather in better ones. A Goodyear welt sits over a cork filler and glue, and it is stitched with waxed polyester or linen thread. The leather edge is sealed with acrylic edge paint.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "Leather: unfinished, aniline, oil-tanned or waxed, or patent, high-gloss or corrected-grain?",
    "Sole: leather or named natural rubber, or synthetic rubber and polyurethane?",
    "Heel: stacked leather, or a rubber or polyurethane top lift?",
    "Lining and insole: leather, or polyester and foam?",
    "Stiffeners: leather or fiberboard, or thermoplastic counters and toe puffs?",
    "Stitching and glue: waxed cotton or linen thread and a named adhesive, or nylon and unnamed cement?",
    "Edges: burnished and waxed, or sealed with acrylic edge paint?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": []
}