How annoying is it when you’re wearing some gorgeous pale-coloured satiny kitten heels at a wedding and the walk to reception involves trailing through wet grass?

Don’t despair and chuck them in the bin…

Instead mix up a strongish solution of biological washing detergent in fairly hot water and steep the heels in this for a couple of hours. Then take an old soft toothbrush and gently work away at the stains.

Rinse, pat dry with a clean towel and leave to dry.