Suede boots, £369, Penelope Chilvers
“It’s a natural leather tone, echoing noble vegetable dyed hides, the most expensive tanning process,” she says. “In traditional pigment terminology it’s known as ‘bulls’ blood’, but I prefer to refer to it as a good wine colour. It’s an easy shade to wear with brown or black, and it sings alongside peachy pinks and deep, cobalt blue.”
While the trend may be absolutely booming right now, burgundy does have the edge on fads like horseshoe jeans and bubble hems, in that it really does never go out of style. Invest in a classically cut piece in this shade, and it’ll last you for many years to come – as Penelope Chilvers says, “I really cannot think of anything it doesn’t work with”.