givenchy-star-heels.jpgChristmas is wish season really, isn't it? Even when we know with full certainty that our partners/parents/best mates are planning on buying us a pair of socks or some costume jewellery from Accessorize again this year, we all secretly harbour that hope that one of them might have had a secret windfall, and already in dialogue with our favourite designer.

Or perhaps not. But if I could ask Santa for something really special this Christmas, it would probably look a lot like the above. Givenchy's studded ankle boots are a triumph of footwear design, and the star-shaped clusters of studs give them a winter wonderland appeal that renders the price point even more ludicrous. But for that brief period when snowflake shapes and sparkles are 'the thing', how brightly they would shine...

£810 from Net-a-Porter

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