The height of winter.

"The trainers, flip-flops and other pretty summer sandals are now back in the cupboard. Autumn is here and the fashion world is announcing a high-altitude winter 2009/2010: heels of (at least) 8 and up to 15 centimetres high! From radically chic T-strap shoes in python-skin to wedge-heeled booties in goatskin suede, tricolour brogues and extravagant stilettos in leopard-skin effect leather, all the 2009 models are reaching for the sky.

Like Agyness Deyn, the most outlandish of the British top models, we love high heels. But beware stumbles! A fall at the Prada fashion parade just goes to show that, even for the professionals of the catwalks, it is not easy to move around when 15 centimetres taller.

And then you have to take care of those little feet that sometimes suffer in their quest for elegance. Luckily, those Lady’s Secret accessories, discreetly inserted into your shoes, will allow you to wear all the winter “It” shoes, almost without thinking about them. Unless we get black ice! But things have not gone that far, so have a good autumn ..."