Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people.

I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

I think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things.

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.

Really good shoes have to seduce both men and women.

I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.