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?

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.

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.

Even if you don't like colours, you will end up having something red. For everyone who doesn't like colour, red is a symbol of a lot of culture. It has a different signification but never a bad one.

You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you are too into comfort. 'Comfy'-that's one of the worst words!

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

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