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 haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

I listen to my stomach. It tells me when I am starving.

There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.

The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.

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.

There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.