Lenzi Egisto innovates once again with uppers designed for safety and sport

by Filippo Crepaldi

Lenzi Egisto’s desire to innovate knows no bounds. After bringing NEW DENIM to market, the fabric that solves the various problems typical of denim, it is now focusing on lightness. Lightness is increasingly at the heart of innovations in the footwear world. This is undoubtedly a crucial issue when it comes to work and safety shoes, which are worn for many hours in challenging environments.

The Tuscan company had already contributed to the creation of increasingly comfortable shoes thanks to the innovative WALKON AIR fussbet, which utilised AIRSPRING material to lift the foot and allow air to flow into the sole.

Now it is doing the same with SPORT AIR, which uses monofilaments for fabrics capable of creating breathable uppers for footwear with excellent mechanical resistance and able to withstand intense bending. In fact, monofilaments offer the best characteristics in terms of mechanical resistance, load capacity and flexibility, and do not absorb moisture.

So, thanks to the use of a fishing monofilament warp, SPORT AIR fabrics maintain breathability without the problem of breakage in the flex zone, where the upper meets the toe. This is a typical defect of other alternative breathable materials.