I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater!

I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

I hate the idea of natural. For example, I prefer gardens to wild nature. I like to see the human touch. High heels are a complete invention - an extravagance. They're far from natural, but it's the impracticality that I adore. I prefer the useless to the useful, the sophisticated to the natural.

If I'm in Italy I'm going to have a cappuccino and two small brioches and then a mix of orange and grapefruit. I don't drink tea in Italy.

During breakfast there is something I cannot resist, apart from my boyfriend - it's actually the phone. I have a phone breakfast. Always. I call friends, boyfriend, family. Checking who is where. 'Is everything fine?' This is breakfast.

I prefer buying things and figuring out where to put them later than regretting not buying them.