Winkle pickers, named because they were so pointed you could dig up periwinkles with them, were a style of these
[DOC] [TLE] The History of Winklepickers - Gucinari [PAR] Jan 18, 2016 ... Winklepickers are a style of shoe or boot which was worn from the 1950's ... 
periwinkles, out of its coiled shell carefully  and to do so, you use a spike ... 
Winklepickers were initially inspired by the 'stylish' 15th century ... To create these
, the extra-long toe had to be held up using either a ... Name (Required).