We may already be pretty well ensconced in the middle of a very cold winter but there are still those of us out there who need to get kitted out with a new pair of boots.

Given that this is one of the coldest, and quiet possibly longest winters on record you’ll definitively be looking for the ultimate in warmth, comfort, reliability and longevity, should the economic climate continue to be as long and as cold as the weather.

So here is a brilliant suggestion from The Hills actress Heidi Montag.

Thought you’d all be impressed!

Look, even if you have a stretched limo waiting at every curb and club to pick up you and your sloshed buddies, these hardly conjure up winter warmth, style or comfort.

Bu apparently Sigerson Morrison thinks that the gladiator shoe fashion of 2008 converts to boots for winter 2008/09.

Theses ingenious open-toe gladiator boots, with a heel that stands 3.75in high are guaranteed to see you slipping and sliding your way to the local accident and emergency room where you’ll get a better ‘high’ from the anesthetic they administer to you while they re-set your broken tibia and fibula.

And at a for a mere $1,694, what a scoop!

To be fair, the Sigerson Morrison boots do come in wedge style ankle boot and flat knee high’s too which will rush you a total of £543. Still no guarantee they’ll be warm, water proof or comfortable though!