The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.

If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.

Sometimes women feel uncomfortable when men stare at them when they try on shoes.

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

Meet people from other cultures, so you understand that the world doesn't swirl around you.

The shoe is very much an X-ray of social comportment.