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Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed a wave of bunions in medieval England – The Conversation UK
The English paid a high price for medieval fashion: in bunions and broken bones.
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 eccentric-looking medieval shoes with a lengthy pointed tip….
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