in the art that the teachings of the modular shoe system of the present invention can be applied to form shoes of most shapes and designs including shapes and designs of both uppers and outsoles reference is now made to fig8 a to 8 c fig8 a is a sectional view of a modular shoe system 90 that is constructed and operable in accordance with a first alternate embodiment of the present invention fig8 b is a partial view of shoe system 90 of fig8 a having a section of a removable cover 100 cut away fig8 c is a schematic view of shoe system 90 of fig8 a for the sake of clarity and presentation certain features which would otherwise be hidden are shown thereby rendering other features semi transparent shoe system 90 includes an internal support structure 92 internal support structure 92 includes a midsole 94 a heel counter 96 and toe box 98 shoe system 90 also includes one piece removable cover 100 removable cover 100 includes an upper 102 and an outsole 104 removable cover 100 is configured for being u201c simply removably attached u201d to internal support structure 92 substantially solely by pressure exerted by internal 15 support structure 92 on removable cover 100 internal support structure 92 is inserted into removable cover 100 by first inserting toe box 98 into removable cover 100 and then pushing heel counter 96 into removable cover 100 when shoe system 90 is.