Cheryl Cole's huge shoe collection

Cheryl Cole owns 2,000 pairs of shoes.

The 'Promise This' hitmaker - who recently unveiled her first footwear collection through website Stylistpick - admits she has developed a "fetish" for shoes in recent years, and has to hoard pairs in her kitchen cupboards.

She said: "I've always, always loved shoes, but over the past few years, I've definitely developed a proper fetish.

"I actually own about 2,000 pairs - and that's after giving quite a few away. I'm a bit weird with them. There are shoes I don't wear any more but I just can't part with them. I hoard them all over the house - in cupboards in the kitchen, in the bathroom, every room. There's a big chance when you open the fridge in my house there will be a pair of shoes at the bottom."

The 28-year-old beauty admits her opinion on footwear is a bit "bonkers" because she links all of them to memories past.

She told Britain's Grazia magazine: "My absolute favourite are a lace pair of Louboutins. I wore them the first ever time I went to Cannes, two years ago. For me, all shoes have memories - wearing them on a certain occasion like that means the shoe gets that memory.

"If I can't wear them again I also can't get rid of them, because they are so linked to that emotion. I'm probably a bit bonkers like that."