Shoe with long pointed toe from Poland, popular in 15th century Europe
This article is about the footwear. For other uses, see Poulaine (disambiguation).
Poulaines worn in Burgundy c. 1470 near the end of their most fashionable period
Poulaines, also known by other names, were a style of unisex footwear with extremely long toes that were fashionable in Europe at various times in the Middle Ages. The poulaine proper was a shoe or boot of soft material whose elongated toe (also known as a poulaine or pike) frequently required filling to maintain its shape. The chief vogue for poulaines spread across Europe from medieval Poland in the mid-14th century and spread across Europe, reaching upper-class England with the 1382 marriage of Richard II to Anne of Bohemia and remaining popular through most of the 15th century. Sturdier forms were used as overshoes and the sabatons of the era's armor were often done in poulaine style. Poulaines were periodically condemned by Christian writers of the time as demonic or vain. Kings of the era variously taxed them as luxuries, restricted their use to the nobility, or outright banned them. After becoming more common as women's footwear and expanding to awkward lengths, poulaines fell from fashion in the 1480s and were seldom revived, although they are considered an influence on some later trends such as the 1950s British winklepicker boots.
Poulaines, also known by other names, were a style of unisex footwear with extremely long toes that were fashionable in Europe at various times in the...
condemnation for vanity. The 12th-century pigache and 14th- and 15th-century poulaine had elongated toes, often stuffed to maintain their shape. Around the same...
by Henry VIII of England. It replaced the excessively long toe of the poulaine but also tended to become impractical, as it became enlarged with stuffing...
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Etruscan calceus repandus or a continuation of the medieval pigache or poulaine trends. Combined with long straps binding the shoe to the leg, the ciocia...
simply glossed as a pointed-toe shoe and sometimes conflated with the later poulaine. The pigache had a pointed and curved toe, which Orderic Vitalis compared...
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term was also applied to the exaggerated toes of the medieval pigache and poulaine shoes, as in a 14th-century statute of Oxford University. The variant spelling...
include the colorful stripes, baggy floral clothing, multiple layers, poulaines (çarık) and overall vibrant colors differing on the region. Heavily implied...
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