Firstly, just like black, brown is a neutral tone - which means it can often serve as a base colour to build outfits from. Even if you don't wear brown in your clothing and you really only wear brown in your accessories, you can still wear brown easily and mix it with your wardrobe.

Why do you need shoe trees and what are they for? Which type of shoe tree do you need and why? There's a lovely cobbler in the Strand Arcade who is constantly looking at my new clients' old shoes like he's found a stray puppy. Paul from Coombs knows shoe care like no one else I know and he knows when someone isn't looking after their shoes.

Shoes are supposed to be our guilty pleasures, the items we invest in because they're gorgeous! They're supposed to lift our outfits, our spirits and our backsides! We should all be able to have a good shoe collection, regardless of size.

Because we wear our shoes for long periods of time, experience different heat levels, sweat into them, get dirt on them, we get them wet – then if we have a shoe closet or closed in area for our shoes, we pop them away.

The past two weekends I’ve had a number of social engagements and mixed with the weather, I admit, it’s been hard to dress. Everything looks so much better with a simple strappy heel, but when it’s 11 degrees outside (and as an Australian, I can’t compute this), keeping all of your toes just outweighs fashion.