In the 14th century, long-toed shoes called poulaines were de rigueur for fashionable young noblemen. The longer the toe, the greater the status symbol.

Eventually the toes of young men’s shoes became so long they impeded walking, and they were outlawed.

In the centuries that followed, footwear tended to be round-toed – a fashion that lasted until the 1950s when sharper styles found favour with the Teddy Boys.

While the Teds predominantly wore creepers, winklepickers were embraced by mods, who paired them with Italian suits and button-down shirts.

The shoes became notorious once more as a symbol of the street brawls that erupted between rival gangs of mods and rockers.