Show From Sandals to Shoes The first foot coverings were sand sand- als After these came shoes left open open at the toes then the wooden shoes of the ninth and tenth cent centuries ries followed followed fol fol- I lowed a little later by shoes with long pointed and up turned-up toes which sometimes reached as high as the knee Later a shoe was worn with an exceedingly wide toe so very wide that It impeded the process of walking Queen Mary restricted the wearing of this by proclamations The proclamation ran to the effect that shoes should not be worn wider than six Inches |