Adjustable footbed and system

A method for providing a range of fittings and support, in a shoe or an item of footwear, the method comprising:

• providing a full length footbed having a recess formed in an underside of the full length footbed configured to receive and cooperate with one of a first removable arch support or a second removable arch support locatable in the recess of the full length footbed, wherein the recess of the full length footbed is complementary to the first removable arch support or the second removable arch support;
• a half length footbed having a recess formed in an underside of the half length footbed configured to receive and cooperate with the first removable arch support or the second removable arch support locatable in the recess of the half length footbed;
• a forefoot insert and a removable arch support;
• and
• inserting at least one of the full length footbed and the half length footbed within a shoe or item of footwear,
• wherein the removable arch support, when located in the recess of the footbed, sits substantially flush with the underside or lower surface of the footbed,
• wherein the first removable arch support includes an underside support portion connected to a side support portion, wherein the side support portion extends from the underside support portion at an obtuse angle,
• wherein the second removable arch support, when located in the recess of the footbed, sits substantially flush with an underside or lower surface of the footbed,
• wherein the second removable arch support includes an underside support portion connected to a side support portion, wherein the side support portion extends from the underside support portion at an obtuse angle,
• wherein the first removable arch and the second removable arch support are interchangeably received within the recess,
• wherein the first removable arch support has a first hardness and the second removable arch support has a second hardness, and the first hardness of the first removable arch support is greater than the second hardness of the second removable arch support,
• wherein the recess extends from a medial side of the full length footbed or the half length footbed to greater than halfway across the lower surface of the full length footbed or the half length footbed toward a lateral side of the full length footbed or the half length footbed, and
• wherein the recess extends along a continuous side wall portion between the upper surface and the lower surface of the full length footbed or the half length footbed.