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Men’s Style: Pointy shoes and the tyranny of practicality

“If you were a man of status and you had enough wealth, you wanted to show that off,” Shawcross says. “And to do that, you had to take the toe to the extreme.” 

This Atlas Obscura article explores a trend: “Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?”

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