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Anyone who has ever watched Friends will know that you have to be very careful when investing in a pair of knee-high boots. One wrong move and you can end up like Monica Geller, piggy-backing barefoot after wearing an ill-fitting pair for too long.

Most boots look better with heels than with flat soles, however, this means they can result in a lot of hobbling and blisters, dramatically bringing down that cost per wear. Get a new pair of boots right, though, and you can wear them every day and with every outfit (maybe Monica was right about spending a little more on an investment pair). Knee-high boots are a classic that won’t go out of style, so it’s no wonder we’ve spotted so many winning pairs on influencers this season.

Affordable retailers like Mango and & Other Stories have created some headlining heels, meanwhile, on the luxury end, we are most taken aback by the boots from Saint Laurent, Gianvito Rossi, and Acne Studios. In terms of styles, you can never go wrong with a black leather pair. However, burgundy, white and buttery cream leather pairs are just as chic. Snakeskin boots might seem like a very 2018 fad, but even Anna Wintour has been wearing her animal-print boots for years—proving these aren’t just a “wear for one season” mistake. Keep scrolling to see and shop our favorite knee-high boots.

This post originally appeared on Who What Wear UK.

Richard Madden played Robb Stark, the King in the North, on Game of Thrones. He was one of the main characters until Stark’s brutal death (Thrones doesn’t have any other kind of death) in season three.

So, to be fair, the guy has been out of the Thrones picture for a while and acting up a storm in the UK and elsewhere. He’s been doing such a good job, there are credible reports he’s in line for one of the biggest roles any English actor could play: James frickin’ Bond.

Since it became clear that Daniel Craig was moving on after the upcoming Bond film, rumors have been flying about where the movie franchise might go with its lead role. Would it go to Superman Henry Cavill? Perhaps even ridiculously charismatic Idris Elba?

It won’t go to a woman, though—producer Barbara Broccoli made that clear. 

So here we are with Madden, whom the Sun reports has made a powerful impression on Broccoli with the title role in the UK TV drama Bodyguard. 

The Sun quoted an unnamed source close to Broccoli, who said Madden is a “serious” candidate for the role. “Not only is he on top of Barbara’s list,” said the source, “but she is preparing to offer the role.”

James Bond rumors are a dime-a-dozen, so this should be taken with a grain of salt. Every actor mentioned with a possible future as 007 has seemed like a plausible choice and so far there’s nothing definitive about any of them taking the role. 

No matter who plays Bond after Craig, we’ve still got one more round to go with him in the title role. The 25th Bond film premieres on February 14, 2020.

Here’s the question of the century: Does size really matter? 

Well, when it comes to sexual pleasure, many women say no, because it’s more about the way you work it and how attractive you are than how big your penis is.

But according to new research presented this week at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Colorado, the answer is yes; size does matter…when it comes to fertility.

Apparently, men who aren’t too well-hung also tend to have more problems with fertility compared to men who are well endowed.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, recruited over 800 participants from a sexual health clinic and tracked them for three years.

The results revealed that men who struggle with infertility have, on average, a penis that is one centimeter shorter than those who don’t have reproductive issues. To be more specific, the average penis length was found to be 12.5cm (4.9 inches) for infertile men, and 13.4cm (5.3 inches) for fertile men. 

“It may not be a striking difference but there was a clear statistical significance,” says head researcher Dr. Austen Slade.

Slade believes the reason for the relationship between a shorter penis size and infertility is likely due to underlying problems, such as hormonal disturbances or imbalances, or problems in the testes, which can lead to smaller penile length.

However, he also assures everyone that if you have a smaller peen but are otherwise completely healthy, there’s nothing to worry about.

“This is the first study to identify an association between shorter penile length and male infertility,” Slade says. “It’s possibly a manifestation of congenital or genetic factors that predispose one to infertility. For now, men with shorter penises don’t need to worry about their fertility.

“It remains to be determined if there are different penile length cut-offs that would predict more severe infertility,” he concluded.