When doing research for this website I was surprised to find a ton of really awesome origami shoes.

Here’s a great basketball shoe design from Sipho Mabona.

Basketball Shoe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyankoorigami/14127100896/

Onitsuka Tiger Basketball Shoe, Designed by Sipho Mabona and Folded by nyanko sensei

Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 15th Convention book

 

Here’s a couple of pairs of cute little origami shoes.

Pink and Blue Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamist/9406662076/

Shoes, Designed by Whitepaper and Folded by Won Seon Seo

Instructions not available

 

Here’s a great origami high-heeled boot.

Ankle Boot
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamiru/25964900845/

Ankle Boot, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov

Instructions not available

 

Daniel Brown designed a great origami stiletto.

Stilettos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielbrown/10424307965/

Stiletto, Designed and Folded by Daniel Brown

Instructions not available

 

Here’s a very traditional type of shoe, an origami geta.

Paper Geta Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/-adri79-/19448942310/

Geta, Designed by Yoshio Tsuda and Folded by Adriano Davanzo

Diagrams available in the Beauty of Origami

 

Here’s a great little pair of origami boots.

Brown Boots
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamist/3152672689/

Boots, Designed and Folded by Lee In Kyung

Instructions not available

 

This shoe is folded from several sheets of paper but it’s still really awesome.

Running Shoe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamist/6262442149/

Shoe, Designed and Folded by Won Seon Seo

Instructions not available

 

Here’s a great zebra patterned origami stiletto.

Zebra Stiletto
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielbrown/5601768015/

Stiletto, Designed and Folded by Daniel Brown

Instructions not available

 

This is a great little baby shoe design by Naoto Horiguchi.

Baby Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sakamata53/13732558645/

Shoes, Designed and Folded by Naoto Horiguchi

Instructions not available

 

Here’s a pair of papercraft shoes designed by Andrey Ermakov and folded the same size as regular shoes.

Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamiru/23850659953/

Shoes, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov

Instructions not available

 

Here’s another great baby shoe design.

Baby Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamist/8554716792/

Baby Shoes, Designed by Whitepaper and Folded by Won Seon Seo

Instructions not available

 

This is another excellent stiletto design by Lee In Kyung. These shoes were used in a home shopping advertisement.

Stiletto
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamist/5568091178/

Stiletto, Designed and Folded by Lee In Kyung

Instructions not available

 

Here’s another pattern for Daniel Brown’s origami stiletto.

Leopard Stiletto
https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielbrown/5601766613/

Stiletto, Designed and Folded by Daniel Brown

Instructions not available

 

Here’s Daniel Brown’s stiletto design folded by a different artist.

Red and Black Stilettos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anita-origami/16068356445/

Stiletto, Designed by Daniel Brown and Folded by Anita R

Instructions not available

 

This awesome slipper is folded from one sheet of paper.

Yellow Slipper
https://www.flickr.com/photos/-adri79-/15174160197/

3-Lined Slipper, Designed by Kim Do-Ul and Folded by Adriano Davanzo

Diagrams available in Raison d’etre 2014

 

Here’s another great high heel design.

High Heels
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79001419@N06/8049913785/

High Heels, Designed by Cindy Ng and Folded by Gonzalo

Diagrams available in Travel Origami: 24 Fun and Functional Travel Keepsakes

 

Finally we have this awesome pair of paper converses and I love how they’re packaged in a little shoe box like a real pair of shoes. The shoes are folded from one sheet of paper.

Converse Shoe in Box
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53248898@N07/9608458728/

Converse Shoes, Designed by Jang Yong Ik and Folded by Ji Woo Han

Instructions not available

 

Converse Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53248898@N07/9608458592/

Converse Shoes, Designed by Jang Yong Ik and Folded by Ji Woo Han

Instructions not available

 

Converse Shoes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53248898@N07/9608458438/

Converse Shoes, Designed by Jang Yong Ik and Folded by Ji Woo Han

Instructions not available

 

That’s it for this post. If you know of any other great origami shoes let me know in the comments.

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