Ogden Daily Standard | 1893-03-12 | Page 2 | When Peaked Shoes Were Worn

when peaked shoe shoes were worn when oar our country was first settled round and peaked toes were fashionable and particularly ticul arly tho the latter some dudes in london loudon about this time wore forked toed felloes nearly aa as long es as the foot I 1 lit the reign ot of richard 11 II in tho the year 1400 his queen introduced trod shoes so peaked as to need being held up by chains fa fastened stoned to tile knees edward IV proclaimed that such peaks should not bace exceed ed two inches beyond the feet upon pain of cursing by the clergy and a fine twenty shillings boston herald