Pre-order. Ours arrive in Brighton in the first week of November. Order now and yours is reserved and sent the moment they land, in very good time for Christmas.

The cloth is a woodland tapestry on a claret ground — foxes, stags, rabbits and birds among flowering briars. The pattern repeats every 38cm and a slipper is a good deal smaller than that, so no two pairs show quite the same part of the design. Yours will have its own animals. Shearling lining, moulded rubber sole, our emblem in the tread.

Red is the colour that says the evening has started. It looks especially good against navy, dark denim and anything green, and it is very difficult to feel unremarkable in. Deep enough to carry on past Christmas rather than be packed away with the decorations.

66% cotton, 34% polyester upper. Sheepskin-lined. UK 5–13. Supplied in a cotton drawstring bag.