If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England.

I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up. Vogue, what is that?

Don't reject a shoe because you can't run in it. It's OK not to run.

I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form.

I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.

Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'