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<figure id="attachment_307" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-307" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://www.historyhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Crakows-History-Hustle-Wikipedia.jpeg" alt="history hustle crakow shoe medieval" width="1024" height="768" class="size-full wp-image-307"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-307" class="wp-caption-text">Go pointy or go home. Photo: Wikipedia</figcaption></figure>
</p><p>&ldquo;Crakow&rdquo;, or &ldquo;Poulaine Shoes&rdquo; are a type of shoes with bizarre pointy tips and an elongated appearance, which took their name and origins from <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/poland/historic-center-of-krakow-unesco-world-heritage-site/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Krakow</a>, the capital of Poland. </p><p>You&rsquo;ve probably seen them if you have ever read <a href="https://www.historyhustle.com/15-hilarious-medieval-insults-annoy-friends/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">medieval</a> books with pictures or looked closely at medieval art. They&rsquo;re hard to miss.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>A popular and trendy shoe</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://www.historyhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Poulaines-crakows-History-Hustle.jpg" alt="Crakows History Hustle photo" width="1024" height="685" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-856"></p><p>Despite their bizarre and funny appearance, Crakows were quite a trend in the <a href="https://www.historyhustle.com/15-hilarious-medieval-insults-annoy-friends/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">middle ages</a>, especially in Poland, England, and other European regions. </p><p>They first made their entrance in the middle age fashion, around the 12th century and had fallen in and out of fashion all through the beginning of 15th century. </p><blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>the shoes were filled with stuffing material like moss to help hold their shape and steadiness</strong></span></p>
</blockquote><p>The term &ldquo;Poulaine&rdquo; which meant &ldquo;Shoes in the Polish Fashion&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t refer to the shoe itself but the pointy tip of the shoe. Anatomically, the shoes were filled with stuffing material like moss to help hold their shape and steadiness. </p><p>They were also supported by &ldquo;pattens&rdquo;, which were a type of overshoes usually made from leather or cork material. The actual shape of pattens differed from one Crakow shoe style to another.</p>
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</p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Extra-long tips only if you can afford it</strong></span></p><p>Crakow shoes were worn by both men and women although in males, tips were usually longer. </p><p>In most cases, the shoe&rsquo;s tip wasn&rsquo;t more than half of the length of the shoe, but some of the richest people were believed to have worn more extreme and lengthy versions of this, as a sign of their upper-class style. </p><p>Crakow shoes were also worn in indoor and outdoor situations except during the battle, as their shape and steadiness would prevent soldiers from moving freely and carrying out weapons. </p>
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<p>Today (of course), the shoes are only found in museums and worn by some people in Medieval costumes but nothing more than that as they look quite <a href="https://materialculturesblogassignment.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/crakow-green.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">funny and outdated</a> in today&rsquo;s modern fashion sense. </p><div> 
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