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Pointed Shoe (other)
Pointed shoe may refer to the following shoes or fashion boots with very long, pointed toes: *Crakows or Poulaines, 15th- and 16th-century Europe *Winklepickers, 1960s to present, Britain and Germany *Mexican pointy boots, 21st-century Mexico and southern United States See also *Pointe shoe, worn by ballet dancers {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crakow
Crakows or crackowes were a style of shoes with extremely long toes very popular 1400–1500 in European fashion, in 15th century Europe. They were so named because the style was thought to have originated in Kraków, the then capital of Poland. They are also known as poulaines or pikes, though the term ''poulaine'', as in ''souliers à la poulaine'', "shoes in the Polish fashion", referred to the long pointed beak of the shoe, not the shoe itself. History Long-toed shoes had been popular in Europe at different times, first appearing in the archaeological record in the 12th century and falling in and out of fashion periodically. They reached their most exaggerated form in the third quarter of the 15th century before falling out of fashion in the 1480s. The arrival of this fashion in England is traditionally associated with the marriage of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia in 1382. An anonymous 'monk of Evesham' recorded in 1394: "With this queen there came from Bohemia into Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winklepicker
Winklepickers, or winkle pickers, are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward, especially popular with British rock and roll fans such as teddy boys. The feature that gives both the boot and shoe their name is the very sharp and long pointed toe, reminiscent of medieval footwear and approximately the same as the long pointed toes on some women's high-fashion shoes and boots in the 2000s. The extremely pointed toe was called the ''winkle picker'' because in England periwinkle snails, or winkles, are a popular seaside snack which is eaten using a pin or other pointed object to extract the soft parts out of the coiled shell carefully, hence the phrase: "to winkle something out", and based on that, ''winklepickers'' became a humorous name for shoes with a very pointed tip. Other countries had other humorous names, e.g. in Norway and Sweden they were called ''myggjagere'' or ''myggjagare'', literally "Mosquito chasers". They are still popular in the goth, raggare and rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Pointy Boots
Mexican pointy boots (Spanish: ''Botas picudas mexicanas'') or tribal boots (Spanish: ''botas tribaleras'') are a style of pointed fashion boots made with elongated toes that were a popular footwear for men in parts of Mexico. The boots were commonly worn in an ironic and comedic way by males involved in the trival music subculture that thrived in the early 2010s. Origin and expansion The boots originated in an unknown location sometime before 2002 and were used in Mazatlan, Sinaloa during carnival by many performers. Following their creation, the trend had expanded to parts of the United States, particularly in Dallas, Texas, but also in Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma. Design The pointy boots are made by elongating the toe of normal boots by as much as , causing the toes to curl up toward the knees. The boots are then further modified according to the wearer's personal taste. Alterations incorporate paint and sequins and can go as far as adding flashing LEDs, disco ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
