I have no problem with the idea of comfort, but it is not an important thing aesthetically. If you look at a shoe and immediately say it looks very comfortable, in terms of design, it is not going to excite me. Of course, I am not putting nails in my shoes to ensure everybody is in pain, but a heel is not a pair of slippers and never will be.

A good shoe is one that doesn't dress you but undresses you.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality.

My mother was a huge influence on me - she was a free spirit and helped me appreciate, from a very early age, that everyone is different.

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

Fragrance is so intimate for a lot of women - it's your essence, your identity.