Jeffrey-West Shoes - Celebrated House of Intrigue ~Established in 1987 Jeffery-West have built a worldwide reputation for offering individual men's footwear, encompassing traditional Goodyear welted shoes. ~A welt is a strip of leather that is stitched to the upper and insole of a shoe, as an attach-point for the sole. The space enclosed by the welt is then filled with cork or some other filler material (usually either porous or perforated, for breathe-ability), and the outsole is both cemented and stitched to the welt.