Article of footwear incorporating a woven or non-woven textile with durable water repellant properties
A woven or non-woven textile for an upper of an article of footwear, methods for making the woven and non-woven textiles, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The textile includes a first portion formed by a first yarn or fiber having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn or fiber different from the first yarn or fiber. The second yarn or fiber is disposed along an edge portion of the textile configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The woven textile is formed of unitary woven construction, and the non-woven textile is formed of unitary non-woven construction.
1. An article of footwear having a one-piece upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, the upper comprising a non-woven textile, wherein the non-woven textile is formed from a one-piece non-woven construction, the non-woven textile comprising: a first portion formed by a first fiber, the first fiber having durable water repellant properties; and a second portion formed by a second fiber, the second fiber being different from the first fiber; wherein the first portion is a single continuous region extending from a lateral side to a medial side of the article of footwear and wherein the second portion is a single continuous region extending around an outer peripheral perimeter edge of the first portion, and wherein the second portion is disposed along an edge portion of the upper configured to be attached to the sole structure.
2. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein the upper is secured to the sole structure by an adhesive.
3. The article of footwear of claim 1 , further comprising a strobel sock, wherein the second portion further comprises an outer perimeter edge, wherein the outer perimeter edge is attached to a strobel sock.
4. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein the second portion further comprises a lateral side, a medial side, and an outer perimeter edge, wherein the outer perimeter edge on the lateral side and the outer perimeter edge on the medial side are attached to each other.
5. The non-woven textile of claim 1 , further comprising a third portion formed by a third fiber, wherein the third fiber is different from the first fiber.
6. The textile of claim 5 , further comprising a third portion not having durable water repellant properties.