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A method for making a footwear includes the steps of preparing an upper (10) that has a bottom peripheral edge (12), preparing a thermoplastic skin (22) that has a base wall (221) and a peripheral wall (222) and that confines an inner space (223), preparing a filler pad (21), mounting the upper (10) on a last (30),preheating the thermoplastic skin (22) to a softened state, and thermal molding the softened thermoplastic skin (22) together with an assembly of the filler pad (21) and the upper (10) in such a manner that the filler pad (21) is fittingly received in the inner space (223) and is bonded to the base wall (221) and the peripheral wall (222) . (FIG.2).