Black zip detail platform court shoes from Dorothy Perkins

I’ve talked a lot here about the importance of owning a great pair of black pumps, but the fact remains, they’re not exactly the kind of purchase that sets the heart a-flutter.

With these shoes, however, Dorothy Perkins have tried to breathe a little life into the humble black pump. The high stiletto heels might have been enough to do that all by themselves, but the addition of the zip on the platform sole also helps add interest to these shoes. Zip details have been looking a little tired lately, purely because we’ve been seeing so much of them, but these are subtle enough to get away with them, and a bit of a bargain, too, at just £40. Buy them here.