
And while we're on the topic of retail assistants: I know they work very hard, for very little money but it is a travesty for a retail assistant in a shop that sells shoes not to know what a brogue is. What's... a brogue? Not one for the CV girls. Just saying.
Anyway, I know that magazines typically source images months in advance of release of merchandise but when I call up the actual shop in question, I expect them to at least have a clue when they might arrive. Otherwise, why constantly advertise them?