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.

Nothing needs to be perfect to be good, and no one should need to feel perfect to feel right

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

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.

When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no detail. The shoe completely morphs to the body.

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth, they are not playing with the inner character. That is why women are happy to wear painful shoes.

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