Medieval conspicuous consumption? My first thought looking at the examples in the article was that the soles of the shoes don't look much thicker than the uppe

Medieval conspicuous consumption? My first thought looking at the examples in the article was that the soles of the shoes don't look much thicker than the uppers. I read an article not too long ago about how the medieval walking style was different than today. The author believed it was more "toe-centered" [0] primarily because of thin-soled shoes. [0] http://mentalfloss.com/article/505105/why-people-walked-differently-medieval-times http://mentalfloss.com/article/505105/why-people-walked-diff...