Hunh, pointed poulaines, shoes "in the Polish style", are directly archaeologically tied to bunyons and increased evidence on bone breaking falls in the English medieval era. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210611085617.htm

also, it seems they were being associated with advertising queerness, https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/lgbt-london-stories-pointy-shoes-and-sodomy