I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather surprise people.

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.

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.

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

My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy person. But sometimes I have these extroverted outbursts.

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

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