Mexican Sandals

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Sandals Mexican Overview:
In Mexico the style of sandals that became popular were called huaraches. These Mexican Sandals were based on traditional footwear designs of the original Native Americans who lived throughout Latin America. With the invention of the automobile, resourceful Mexicans clad traditional sandal designs on readily available recycled tires. The classic tire tread sandal became the norm with the start of surf culture on the West coast of the United States. The Beach Boys sang about huarache sandals and baggy shorts. In the sixties, Mexican sandals became synonymous with hippie culture as many of the baby boomers started to wear the iconic footwear. Today, huaraches are found across America and are part of the popular culture. You can find them at the local swapmeet or fleemarket, the large retailer or catalog shop, and even sneakers as Nike has come out with a stellar line of Nike Air Huaraches shoes.

Today, huaraches or Mexican sandals fall into three major categories: Traditional or Authentic, Modern, and Interpreted. Traditional huaraches are still hand made with a woven leather upper and use either a leather or recycled tire sole. They have remained largely unchanged for the last century. Modern huaraches are made using some of the traditional styles and shapes, but use modern techniques and modern materials. You can expect to see machined leather, synthetic rubber soles, manufactured insole, and new colors and materials. Interpreted huaraches are not like traditional huaraches and have moved the design and style in new ways. Many of these designs more closely resemble mainstream sandals and usually only take some inspiration from traditional Mexican sandals, such as leather weaving. These sandals are often machine made and may veer off in different directions, like dress sandals or a women’s pump or slide.

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Visit Huaraches.com, the Internet’s definitive source of information on huaraches, Mexican sandals, and related types of footwear. Huaraches.com features informative guides, helpful tips and faqs, shopping resources and featured merchants, and other goodies for the huaraches enthusiast.

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We’ve collected a few iconic samples of Mexican and Hippie Sandals. Notice the woven leather upper, the recycled tire sole, and the classic colors of brown, red, and black. Pictures are available at the huarache gallery.

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About Mexican Sandals
Mexican-Sandals.com is a dedicated to providing the best information on all types of Mexican Sandals as well as helpful tips, shopping resources, and more about huaraches. Mexican Sandals are growing in popularity once again with the beautiful warm weather, better vactioning around the world's hot beaches, and a renewed interest in new sandal designs based on traditional concepts.

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