Boredom is a concept that I don't understand.

Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet. I compare it to having a good bone structure. Make-up will make you look good, but it helps if you have a good skeleton to begin with.

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.

To feel like a woman, wear heels, to feel like a goddess, wear five inches.

The shoe is very much an X-ray of social comportment.

Part of my work is dedicated to artisanship and can only be done by very few people because it requires a specific technique. Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.'