Women, Can't Live With Them, Can't Kill 'Em

One in 10 women spend more than £1,000 a year on shoes while 8% own more than 100 pairs each, according to a new survey. What is it with women and shoes?

For many females, Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw summed it up perfectly when she was mugged in an episode of the series.

"Please sir, you can take my Fendi Baguette, you can take my ring and my watch, but don't take my Manolo Blahniks," she begged. The heartless thief took them anyway.

Most women would agree the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, had the right idea when it came to footwear, her only shoe crime was leaving her 1,220 pairs at the presidential palace when she fled the country in 1986 during the people power revolution. Walk this way for more