Crammed with fascinating stories, inspiring ideas and surprisingly sensible advice, A YEAR IN HIGH HEELS will show you how to rock the red carpet, perfect your public speaking, travel in style and make the mundane magical.

Forget who, why, when and what to wear.

Get ready to wow!

Foreword by Manolo Blahnik

JANUARY

Wish You Were Here: Paul Smith from London

How to Pepys

How to blog it

How to diet and detox

How to say your thank-yous

Muse of the Month: Jane Austen

How to start a book club

Page Turner: The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd

How to make a hot toddy

Foot Note: The court

FEBRUARY

Wish You Were Here:Bella Freud from Paris

How to party like a pagan

How to learn a language

Page Turner: Perfume by Patrick Suskind

How to write a personal column

Muse of the Month: Coco Chanel

How to say it originally

How to make truffles

How to do Valentine's Day alone

How to toss a pancake

Foot Note: The boot

MARCH

Wish You Were Here:Gisele from LA

How to be A-list

How to do the red carpet

How to walk the red carpet artfully by Sophie Dahl, model and author

How to decode dress codes

How to tie a bow tie

Muse of the Month: Marilyn Monroe

How to make an acceptance speech

Page Turner: The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans

Foot Note: The stiletto

APRIL

Wish You Were Here: Erie O'Connor remembers Wales

Muse of the Month: Elizabeth I

How to recite poetry

How to make an Easter bonnet by Stephen Jones, milliner

How to be house-proud

How to brush up your Shakespeare

Page Turner: A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy

Foot Note: The wellington boot

MAY

Wish You Were Here: Giorgio Armani from St Tropez

How to can-Cannes

How to podcast

How to dance

How to moonwalk the Michael Jackson way

Page Turner: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Muse of the Month: Audrey Hepburn

Foot Note: The ballet shoe

JUNE

Wish You Were Here:Manolo Blahnik from Istanbul

Page Turner:The Black Violin by Maxence Fermine

How to handle hen nights

How to do the season

How to break into music

Muse of the Month: Ella Fitzgerald

How to wear red

How to grab a graduate

How to Wimbledon

How to have a midsummer's night picnic by Michael HoweUs, set designer

How to have festival chic

How to customize your T-shirt for Glastonbury - or Glyndebourne, by Aman

Harlech, fashion muse

Foot Note: The wedge

JULY

Wish You Were Here:Matthew Williamson from India

How to get a ring on your finger

How to get hitched

Page Turner: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

How to be Posh

How to haute couture

How to choose a wedding dress

Muse of the Month: Cleopatra

How to get gifts - the wedding list bonanza

How to do the ultimate aisle glide

How to say something meaningful

How to party on the big day

How to honeymoon

How to mark the milestones

How to admit defeat

Foot Note: The slipper

AUGUST

Wish You Were Here:Christian Louboutin from Egypt

Wish you were Here:Heidi Klum's wonders of the world

How to get your sea legs

How to make a mojito

Muse of the Month: Frida Kahlo

How to be an artist

How to have a retro hofiday at home

How to write a postcard

How to have fun in the sun

Page Turner:.The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland

How to go green by Anya Hindmarch, accessories designer

Foot Note: The flip-flop

SEPTEMBER

Wish You Were Here: Stephen Fones from Tokyo

How to get a job

How to be in business by Mrs Foan Burstein, founder of fashion emporium Browns

How to set up your own business

Page Turner: Animal Farm by George Orwell

Muse of the Month: Elizabeth Arden

How to make a face pack

How to make an impression

How to hold their attention

How to make your boss love you

How to manage yourself

How to know your rights

How to strike the right work/life balance

Foot Note: The school shoe

OCTOBER

Wish You Were Here:Antonio Berardi from La Serenissima,Venice

Page Turner: M/ss Games Angd by Salley Vickers

How to dress burlesque by Liz Goldwyn, author

How to burlesque

How to tease by Dita von Teese, burlesque dancer

How to mask yourself

How to throw a masked ball by Nick Knight, photographer

How to get a taste for opera

How to love opera by Christian Lacroix, fashion designer

Muse of the Month: Peggy Guggenheim

How to be a collector

How to Halloween

Foot Note: The platform shoe

NOVEMBER

Wish You Were Here:Diane von Furstenberg from New York

How to pick a diamond

Page Turner: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

How to fred your own treasure

How to source vintage and valuables by Lulu Guinness, accessories designer

How to care for your pearls

How to deal with moths

Muse of the Month: Jaequeline Kennedy Onassis

How to write a letter

How to celebrate Thanksgiving

Foot Note: The trainer

DECEMBER

Wish You Were Here:Fohn Galliano from near and far

Muse of the Month: Cinderella

How to panto

How to throw a fancy-dress party

How to make punch

How to get the Simpson look

How to deck the halls with boughs of holly

How to present your presents

How to wrap by Michael HoweUs, set designer

How to customize your cakes

How to avoid the kitchen but still be creative

Page Turner: The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson

Burnett

How to be trivial

How to get what you really want

Foot Note: Best foot forward

Acknowledgements

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