Archaeologists in Norway’s capital have unearthed thousands of leather artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into Oslo’s past – and the fashion of its medieval inhabitants. The findings were recently ...

Beauty is — and always was — pain. To the chagrin of fashionistas everywhere, some of history’s most hard-worn styles — think “waist-training” corsets and high heels — have stood the test of time. And ...

Cambridge academics studying medieval skeletons across the city’s cemeteries found bunions and injuries caused by pointy shoes Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major ...

The British have suffered for their fashion for centuries according to a new study suggesting that a vogue for shoes with a pointed tip led to a sharp increase in hallux valgus of the big toe—often ...

Cambridge research suggests foot problem was more common after Blackadder-style shoe became popular From waist-squeezing corsets to crinoline skirts, fashion has rarely been about comfort – or safety.

As many as one in three Americans suffer from bunions, those painful bumps that form on the outside of the big toe. Wearing high heels or ill-fitting shoes that cramp the toes can make the pain even ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

Suffering for fashion is nothing new. Researchers in Britain have unearthed new evidence that stylish pointed shoes caused a "plague" of bunions in the late medieval period. Investigators from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bunions may mistakenly be considered a 'modern problem'. (Stock, Getty Images) (Peter Dazeley via Getty Images) Suffering for our ...

If you wear shoes that do not fit the shape of your foot or have sharp points, you may develop a 'bunion' in which your big toe bends inward. This hallux valgus seems to have been popular in medieval ...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—According to a Gizmodo report, a team of archaeologists led by Piers Mitchell of the University of Cambridge suggests that a rise in the occurrence of hallux valgus, or bunions, ...