Shoe having a partially coated upper

A method for use in making footwear, comprising:

• (a) obtaining a design for a desired three-dimensional structure;
• (b) applying a pattern of coating material to a substrate, said substrate being at least one of:
• (i) a part of a completed shoe or (ii) a component that subsequently is used to fabricate a shoe;
• (c) applying an additional pattern of coating material, on top of an existing pattern, in the form of small droplets;
• and
• (d) repeating step (c) a plurality of times, with new patterns applied on top of previous patterns and some areas made thicker than others, so as to build up the desired three-dimensional structure on the substrate,
• wherein the desired three-dimensional structure is constructed using a plurality of nozzles,
• wherein said plurality of nozzles comprises a wide-dispersion nozzle and a narrower-dispersion nozzle,
• wherein the narrower-dispersion nozzle has a narrower dispersion than the wide-dispersion nozzle,
• wherein individual ones of said small droplets are less than 500 microns (μ) in diameter,
• wherein the coating material applied to the substrate is at least 50μ thick, and
• wherein the desired three-dimensional structure comprises a pattern of closely spaced discrete design elements with gaps between adjacent design elements of less than 200μ.