Process for making a shoe and shoe thus made

A process for making a shoe including a shoe upper, a midsole, and an outsole, the shoe upper comprising an upper body having an opening configured to receive a wearer's foot, and a lower edge extending perimetrically from the upper body, the process comprising steps of:

• i) providing separately the shoe upper, the midsole, and the outsole, wherein the shoe upper is made from a standalone mouldable nonwoven fabric, the midsole and the outsole are respectively moulded from the stand-alone mouldable nonwoven fabric, and the standalone mouldable nonwoven fabric has the ability of self-sustaining and shape maintenance and is heated to become softened until molten;
• ii) attaching the lower edge of the shoe upper to the midsole;
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• iii) heating at least a part of the midsole and at least a part of the outsole for welding said heated parts of the midsole and the outsole so as to attach the midsole to the outsole, wherein different degrees of welding hardness are obtained through nonuniform welding at different welding sections of said heated parts,
• wherein the shoe upper is provided by moulding two separate symmetrical halves as one piece from the stand-alone mouldable nonwoven fabric, respectively;
• heating the two symmetrical moulded halves at their respective marginal portions along a longitudinal direction of the shoe upper to an extent that allows for welding said heated marginal portions of the two halves so as to attach the two halves at the marginal portions thereof in a manner that the two symmetrical halves form together the shoe upper.