The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance.

In France you cannot not have lunch. If you stopped the French from having lunch, you will have a second revolution, I can tell you this. Not going to work - it is part of the French privilege.

When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.

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

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

When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going...everything else falls into place.

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it.