These shoes are made in standard US sizes.
This soft-soled all leather shoe is an example of a general style that, in various forms, was exceedingly popular in much of Europe from the late 14th century through the late 15th century. This particular shoe is based on a 14th century example from the Northern Belgian city of Oud-Turnout.
For the comfort of modern wearers, I have added an additional 3mm leather insole to aid in protecting feet from the numerous sharp and pointy objects present in the modern world. This additionally serves to increase the durability of the shoe. Aside from the insole and a bit of machine stitching, the only other liberty I have taken in replicating this shoe has been to stuff the toe with cotton rather than the packed moss or bone used in the originals. I don't feel that any of this takes away from the historic character of these shoes, while offering customers a good user friendly and relatively affordable product.
Last photo is just for fun - here are the poulaines in progress, all of our shoes are made on this old hand-crank Singer sewing machine made in 1910 which allows us to keep working even if the power is out, which happens often way out here!
These shoes are made in standard US sizes.
This soft-soled all leather shoe is an example of a general style that, in various forms, was exceedingly popular in much of Europe from the late 14th century through the late 15th century. This particular shoe is based on a 14th century example from the Northern Belgian city of Oud-Turnout.
For the comfort of modern wearers, I have added an additional 3mm leather insole to aid in protecting feet from the numerous sharp and pointy objects present in the modern world. This additionally serves to increase the durability of the shoe. Aside from the insole and a bit of machine stitching, the only other liberty I have taken in replicating this shoe has been to stuff the toe with cotton rather than the packed moss or bone used in the originals. I don't feel that any of this takes away from the historic character of these shoes, while offering customers a good user friendly and relatively affordable product.
Last photo is just for fun - here are the poulaines in progress, all of our shoes are made on this old hand-crank Singer sewing machine made in 1910 which allows us to keep working even if the power is out, which happens often way out here!
