A head for heights

MARIE Antoinette tottered to the guillotine in hers, Marilyn Monroe claimed all women should be grateful to whoever invented them, Victoria Beckham says she “can’t concentrate” without hers and Holly Willoughby even wears them to bed.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend – but it’s our high heels that we can’t live without.

Bunions, hammer toe, broken ankles and back ache — as women’s footwear creeps towards ten inches, doctors here are blue in the face warning of the perils of putting your best foot forward.