Shoe construction and method of making the same

A method of making a shoe comprising the steps of:

• providing a shoe sole of polymeric material, having a top surface, a bottom surface and an exposed side surface, with a lip extending around the perimeter of the top surface, said lip being integrally formed with said sole as a one-piece construction, said lip having a first surface and a second surface, said lip extending upwardly from said top surface of said sole with said second surface being contiguous to and coplanar with said exposed side surface;
• providing a shoe upper having a lower edge generally configured to conform with the configuration of the said lip, said shoe upper having an inside surface and an outside surface;
• fitting the shoe upper inside out about the sole with the sole upside down such that the outside surface of the upper is brought flush with the lip of the sole while the lip is in the upward extending disposition;
• securing the shoe upper to said lip while said lip is in the upward extending disposition;
• said sole top having imperforate band extending entirely around said sole top adjacent said lip, said band being coplanar with the upper most portion of said sole top;
• attaching the first surface of the lip to the top surface of the sole by applying adhesive to one of said first surface and said band;
• pulling said upper over the sole so that said outside surface of said upper faces outwardly and all of the upper is above said top surface of the sole, said sole being sufficiently flexible to permit said pulling step;
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• said providing steps, said fitting step, said securing step, and said pulling step are being accomplished while maintaining the dimensional integrity of said sole bottom and said exposed side surface, without changing the relative position of said exposed side surface with respect to said sole bottom.