At the office, Louboutin was inspecting the prototypes for a pair of shoes that he had designed as a birthdaygift for the rugby player Gareth Thomas, who announced in 2009 that he is gay.
Desperately in love with the indifferent Victoria (Sienna Miller), the prettiest and perhaps shallowest girl in their serene Victorian English village, Tristan strikes a bargain: If, as a birthdaygift, he brings her the star that has just fallen, Victoria will be his bride.