Woven footwear upper with integrated tensile strands

A woven footwear upper having a bootie configuration comprising:

• a lateral-side portion having an ankle edge and a lower edge;
• a medial-side portion having an ankle edge and a lower edge;
• and
• an opening extending between the lateral-side portion ankle edge and the medial-side portion ankle edge;
• wherein at least a portion of the woven footwear upper is comprised of:
• a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts, wherein
• each warp of the plurality of warps is comprised of two or more tensile strands that abut one another along their entire length, wherein each weft of the plurality of wefts is comprised of a flat material strip, and wherein a first tensile strength of each of the two or more tensile strands is greater than a second tensile strength of the flat material strip.

A shoe construction comprising:

• a sole;
• a woven upper, the woven upper comprising:
• a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts wherein either:
• each warp of the plurality of warps is comprised of a flat material strip comprising a first tensile strength and each weft is comprised of one or more tensile strands, each of the one or more tensile strands having a second tensile strength, wherein the second tensile strength is greater than the first tensile strength, wherein each weft in at least a portion of the woven upper includes a plurality of bundles of tensile strands having two or more tensile strands abutting one another along their entire length;
• or each warp of the plurality of warps is comprised of the one or more tensile strands and each weft of the plurality of wefts is comprised of the flat material strip, wherein each warp in at least the portion of the woven upper includes the plurality of bundles of tensile strands having two or more tensile strands abutting one another along their entire length.