A method for producing a footwear item having a shoe provided with an external upper. The invention concerns a method for producing a footwear item having a shoe (1) provided with an external upper (9), said method involving forming a shoe (1) comprising an intermediate portion (2) that delimits a housing (3) for receiving the foot of a user, a sleeve (5) mounted over said intermediate portion and a peripheral skirt (10) extending from the junction area between said intermediate portion and said sleeve, surrounding the base (8) of said sleeve, said method involving the following successive steps in order to provide said shoe with said upper:—retracting the sleeve (5) into the receiving housing (3) until said sleeve is disposed under at least a portion of the skirt (10);—associating a lower portion (9a) of the upper (9) with said skirt;—deploying said sleeve over the intermediate portion (2) in order for it to extend into said upper.