The "upper" is the part of the shoe attached to the sole. It's usually made of several pieces, some or all of which may be leather.
yes, it means smooth or glossy leather upper
the upper part of the boot is leather
When a pair of shoes says that the upper is leather, it means that the top part of the shoe is leather and the sole is man made. There is nothing that is called upper leather.
It means that the upper part of the boot is leather.
Leather on the top of a shoe that has been treated to repel water.
Shoes can be found in leather as well as leather uppers. The all leather shoes will last much longer than other types of shoe materials.
No. It means what it says - that the upper is made of leather and is waterproof. It says nothing about the sole and it says nothing about the stitching.
leather
Normally leather upper and a synthetic sole. The studs are normally aluminium
The uppers of any boots or shoes are the part above the sole.
Just like any shoe, safety shoes can be made of a lot of different materials. These are the most common used materials: a) upper - leather - textile (casual styles) - PU (water resistant boots) b) outsole - PU (or variants like TPU) - rubber (or variants like TPR) c) lining - textile - (none) For upper, we have leather, textile and artificial leather, artificial leather price is much lower than genuine leather price. For lining, we usually have mesh, cambrelle, cloth, genuine leather, etc materials.
Leather is leather, blended leather is not leather.