Dear Shoe-lover,
Found this on Quora. Copy-pasting as it is.
Question: Why are (almost) all shoes at the end pointed and not shaped like a foot?
Answer: When shoemaking with soles began, pointed toes were easier to make than the other shapes. In earlier civilization, people walked and hiked more through vegetation areas, so pointed shoes helped to part the way. It’s also easier to put these shoes into stirrups when riding saddled horses. The point became the traditional look for most soled footwear made for the general population, mainly because of the cost and the type of work they did. The points have varied in length, some being so long they had a strand of leather attached to hold the points up by tying the strands to their belt. The shorter the point, the closer to the shape for the toe area. Today with all the toe box shapes available, the point still seems to be the preferred, which also comes in length factored choices.
That’s one account. Here’s another by a bot that Quora has deployed to offer ridiculous answers. But ridiculous has truths for you. Here you go:
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