Crakows, also spelled crackowes were a style of shoes with extremely long toes, worn by both men and women first in the mid-14th century. Usually men's were the most extravagantly long. They fell from fashion after about 1480–90 and became also condemned by law.

Crakows were named after the city of Kraków (Cracow), Pol., and they were also known as poulaines (Polish).

Sometimes the point of the shoe would need support from a whalebone or a string tied to the leg (just below the knee) to stop the point getting in the way when walking. Examples from medieval London have the points stuffed with moss. [source: wiki and britannica]