The layer below the leather
An Oxford Is a Bill of Materials. We Organize All of It.
Most supplier sites show you uppers. But a pair of shoes is a list of parts — outsole, welt, insole board, toe puff, heel, eyelets, laces, lining — and every part is a place where quality, price or lead time can slip. Organizing that list is the actual job.
The full list
A men's oxford, decomposed
Every style page on this site quotes the upper grade and the construction. Here is what sits underneath — the parts most quotations quietly leave unspecified, and the default we hold each one to.
| Component | Default we organize against | Where it is booked |
|---|---|---|
| Верх | Graded per style page — FG / TG / SP / NB (see Гид по кожам) | Local tanneries and hide markets, Wenzhou basin |
| Подкладка | Pigskin full lining; calf or PU liner per program | Regional tannery suppliers |
| Toe puff & heel counter | Chemical-sheet stiffeners, thermo-bondable | Wenzhou shoe-material market |
| Sock board & insole | Leather-lined fiber insole board, molded latex foam | Wenzhou shoe-material market |
| Welt (Goodyear make) | Leather welt strip, matched to upper tone | Local cutting shops, booked per run |
| Outsole | Leather sole with TPR insert; full rubber or EVA per program | Sole workshops in the cluster + regional molders |
| Heel & heel tip | Stacked leather or ABS heel, replaceable rubber tip | Sole workshops in the cluster |
| Eyelets & hooks | Brass, matched or antiqued finish; rust-test batch checked | Hardware suppliers, Wenzhou/Yuhuan |
| Laces | Waxed cotton, pairs matched to upper tone; specs on file | Lace and trim suppliers, Wenzhou |
| Коробка и упаковка | Kraft box, cotton dust bags, tissue — private-label ready (see Собственный бренд) | Packaging printers, Wenzhou |
Defaults shown are our starting specification, not a locked standard — every line is replaceable against your tech pack and target price. Figures indicative pending quotation.
Component families
What we keep on file for every program
Six component families, each with matched suppliers, standing specifications and check points at booking and at pre-shipment.
Why a cluster changes this page
Ten line items, one afternoon of booking
The reason a counter sample takes 7–14 days here is not that we work faster at night. It is geography: the Wenzhou basin holds hide markets, shoe-material markets, sole workshops and hardware suppliers within a same-day sourcing radius. A bill of materials that would be a six-week procurement chain across provinces is, here, a morning at the material market and an afternoon of confirmations.
It also changes what can be specified. When every component is locally bookable, you can afford to specify the lining grade, the welt tone and the lace waxing — because none of them adds a procurement leg. That is what "organized at the source" means in practice: not a slogan on the homepage, but a shorter list of things that can go wrong. See the cluster context on О кластере, or how this feeds sampling speed on Small MOQ & Fast Sampling.
Send us your bill of materials — or let us build one
A tech pack, a competitor sample, or a target price: any of the three is enough to start.