If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.

I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's never been my thought. My thought since I was a child was really to design those shoes for girls on stage.

A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.

I really have not so much sympathy. If Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three hours, you can't tell me they are impossible to walk in. High heels are pleasure with pain. If you can't walk in them, don't wear them.

Passage Vero-Dodat - I started my company on this passage. It feels as much home as it can!

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.

Something I really hate more than anything else is clogs.