A method of manufacture of footwear and the footwear comprising the steps of
providing
a last with an upper thereon, providing a mold insert on the bottom of the last,
providing a mold having a mold cavity for a tread sole, disposing the last and
upper against the mold with the mold insert disposed within the mold cavity, forming
a sole in the mold cavity having a depression therein in the shape of the mold
insert, providing an insole with a first portion in the shape of the depression
and a second portion substantially in the shape of the sole and securing the first
portion of the insole in the depression. The tread sole and insole are formed of
materials preferably having different physical properties. The tread sole can include
one of tongues and grooves and the insole would then have the other of tongues
and grooves, said tongues and grooves mating with each other. The step of providing
an insole can include removing the mold insert from the mold cavity, disposing
the last spaced from the tread sole and then forming the insole in the cavity formed
by the removal of the weight relief and the spacing of the last from the tread sole.
