During the Renaissance, Europe was learning about a great many new things and opening themselves up to new ideas about everything from religion to philosophy to shoes. This was a very important period for fashion and artistic growth and it has since affected the whole of the Western world.
When you see pictures from this period, the most common fashion trend was something called slashing. Slashing occurs when the lining is visible beneath the garment and is sometimes created with contrasting fabrics in mind in order to accentuate color combinations. This style existed for both men and women.
The most popular mens shoe had previously been the poulaine. The poulaine had long pointed toes and was sometimes used to connote stature or class. There is a legend that the poulaine went out of style because a certain Duke found it impossible to outrun his assassins in his uncomfortable and pointy footwear. Regardless of whether or not there is any truth in this, the poulaine was unwieldy and inconvenient and would soon give way to a style more fitting with accomplishing every day tasks. The next shoe to come into fashion for men was a type of slipper shoe. The slashing...
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