Method and apparatus for one piece footware construction

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for one piece footware construction, especially to a vamp 106 use in a footwear item 100 The vamp includes a body formed by laminating a plurality of layers of material together into a single air permeable, moisture vapor permeable, and waterproof sheet, and forming a bootie out of the sheet. The sheet includes a first membrane layer 210 having a first side 211 and a second side 212; the first layer being air permeable, moisture vapor permeable, and waterproof. The sheet also includes a second protection layer 220 having a first side 221 and a second side222. The second layer is positioned between the first layer and an outside environment when the footwear item is completed, and configured to facilitate protecting the first layer from an outside surrounding environment.