Smoking Slippers

Relax - this season it's all about flats! Even Victoria Beckham has started to kick aside her stilettos in favour of comfy ballet pumps for the first time in years. Smoking slippers may have been around for a while now, but the quirky embroidered styles we're seeing this season really are enough to convert the most hardened devotee of high heels.

Bridging the gap between winter boots and summer sandals, Alexa Chung loves her Penelope Chilvers palm pumps - but there are loads of different designs around to let your feet do the talking and keep you walking. So, will you treat your feet to Alexander McQueen skulls or Del Toro martini glasses, Charlotte Olympia cats or Church's crowns?