Shoe and method for decorating

A method for decorating a piece of footwear, such piece of footwear including a sole and an upper mounted on said sole, comprising the steps of:

• cleaning the surface of the upper so as to remove all loose dirt and dust from the area to be decorated;
• applying a first layer of acrylic polymer emulsion gel directly to the area on the upper to be decorated and smoothing such acrylic polymer emulsion gel layer;
• mounting a plurality of decorative items on the area of the upper to be decorated, such items having been immersed in an acrylic polymer emulsion gel for adhesion to the first acrylic polymer emulsion gel layer;
• applying a second layer of an acrylic polymer emulsion gel in varying thicknesses and sculpting such second acrylic polymer emulsion gel layer into a textured surface;
• applying a third layer of acrylic polymer emulsion gel to cover the entire decorated area of the upper, such third acrylic polymer emulsion gel layer being capable of drying to form a generally hard, protective coating;
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• drying the acrylic polymer emulsion gel layers so as to provide a hard, protective coating.

A method for decorating a piece of footwear, such piece of footwear including a sole and an upper attached to said sole, comprising the steps of:

• cleaning the surface of the upper so as to remove all loose dirt and dust from the area to be decorated;
• applying a first layer of acrylic polymer emulsion gel directly to the area of the upper to be decorated and smoothing such layer;
• mounting a plurality of decorative items on the first layer of acrylic polymer emulsion gel on the area of the upper to be decorated;
• applying a second layer of an acrylic polymer emulsion gel so as to cover the items mounted thereon and smoothing such layer;
• applying a third layer of acrylic polymer emulsion gel to cover the entire decorated area of the upper, such acrylic polymer emulsion gel being capable of drying to form a generally hard protective coating.