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While people’s actual feet are rounded on the end, women’s dress shoes often come to a sharp point at the toe. But why?

Pointed-toe shoes, although pretty when purchased, can bend, crease, and flatten upon wear, creating a need for a solution to this frustrating problem. MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pointed-toe ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. “Why are ladies’ shoes so pointy? Feet and toes ...

The 14th century saw the arrival of an abundance of new styles of dress and footwear in Europe, coming in a wide range of fabrics and colours. Among these new fashion trends were “poulaines” – rather ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

A 15th-century shoe craze that swept Europe left its mark on the skeletons of people who lived at the time. Archaeologists have recently attributed a plague of bunions found on nearly 200 skeletons to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like ...