They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

It is said clothes make the man, but in medieval times women were much better dressed than their male counterparts. Women often wore better quality clothes than men in the Middle Ages, an ...

The digs revealed richer, urban men were more likely to wear the fashionable shoes - and suffer from bunions Fashion-conscious medieval men paid the price for their love of pointy-toed shoes with a ...

Women in the Middle Ages often wore better quality clothes than men, concludes an expert who studied textile remnants from the period from 400 to 1000 A.D. Women in the Middle Ages often wore better ...

For centuries, women have consistently outlived men, a trend consistent across various cultures. But in the cramped and ...