Shoe Porn: NW3 Fitzjohn Studded Lace-Up

Shoes are best when they come with a full back-story. I mean, technically these heels are lush purple suede lace-up brogues, made by Hobb's trendier sister label NW3, reduced to £65 from £179.

But really, they say, 'I'm a serious minded intellectual with a nice line in shoes, don't you know? I probably live in Hampstead with a 'partner', surrounded by his discarded bow ties, piles of books and a cat named after a Greek god. I certainly like cycling dangerously fast in a crushed velvet maxi skirt and a floppy hat. Most Tuesdays, I get up early to write a few chapters of my latest novel, fetch some flowers for the house, give a lecture on Victorian Sapphic poetry then roast a chicken before my friends come over. All this, and I still wear ACE heels.'