I am more feminist than feminists.

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

In designing shoes for myself; I'm not thinking of a specific person or catwalk. I'm just not thinking of clothes at all. I'm always thinking of a naked woman, actually.

[While designing] I'm mixing two lines of thought really: me as a designer for women and then me as a man. At the start of the design process it's the designer for women that comes to the forefront - sketching and revising the silhouette. Then the man comes into the picture - and I look at the shoe from a very masculine point of view. Then there is a conflict between the two sides of me. Sometimes the man wins, and sometimes the designer wins.

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

When you are too specific on a target, it can drain you. Ask me where I will be when I am 60, and I will have no answer to give.

The designer side of me has many ideas on how the shoes or woman should look, but the man is thinking 'would I want to see my girl in those shoes?'