Gold chain #2: Lou's mules

Fascinating facts time: the word 'mule' comes from the Latin 'mulleus', which was a type of closed-toe backless shoe worn by government officials in ancient Rome. The mulleus was an indicator of status: you couldn't perform manual labour in footwear that would slip off so easily, and as they provided little protection from the elements the owner must be wealthy enough to possess more than one pair of shoes. In ancient Rome, the mulleus was made of dark red leather, while ornate mules for both men and women were shoe du jour in eighteenth-century Versailles. These gold glitter versions, worn by my friend Lou on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Chelsea, are fabulously cool – just like Lou herself.