I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.

I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over.

A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.

I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.

In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing... but that's impossible.

I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement. Clothes - it's a different story. There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.