Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes? Going to foolish lengths for fashion. by Sabrina ImblerMay 22, 2019 Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes? 32,379 At a royal Parisian wedding the standard footwear was very pointy. Christophel Fine Art/UIG via Getty ImagesIn 1463, London outlawed the shoes of its fanciest men. These dapper lords had grown ridiculous in their dapperness, and had taken to ambling streets shod in long, carrot-shaped shoes that tapered to impish tips, some as long as five inches beyond the toe. These shoes were called “crakows” or “poulaines” (a...