Furthermore, the current trend for using natural polymers as an alternative to synthetic polymers has been one of the reasons for the selection of microcapsules from natural and/or biodegradable shell-forming materials as an alternative to melamineformaldehyde microcapsules. Concretely, this work proposes the use of gelatine-based microcapsules as emerging technology in a new industrial field such as footwear. It is aimed to evaluate their potential use and their performance during shoemaking and/or shoe wearing.