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Hiking shoe soles are typically the most sturdy and inflexible of athletic shoe soles, but offer maximum shock absorption. Basketball Shoes The soles of basketball shoes are moderately flat and made of rubber.
Shoes of the Elizabethan period were generally blunt toed and flat, and made of leather or fabric. Women's dress shoes made of silk, velvet, or brocade were often decorated with embellishments. Early Elizabethan slip-ons gave way to laced or buckled shoes. Most shoes of the time were made the same for both feet.