Footwear having a shoe upper and a sandal type sole are made from an upper
having a lower marginal edge with a plurality of spaced fingers extending
from the lower marginal edge, a footbed having a peripheral edge and a
plurality of spaced slots therethrough adjacent the peripheral edge and
aligned respectively with the fingers, the fingers being extended through
the slots and folded over onto the lower surface of the foot bed, an
outsole secured to the lower surface of the footbed and the folded
portions of the fingers and securing the fingers between the footbed and
the outsole, and a structural arrangement for concealing from view the
lower marginal edge and the fingers of the upper. A mid-sole is
optionally provided between the footbed and the outsole. A method of
making the footwear is described.