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

When a woman buys shoes, she takes them out of the box and looks at herself in the mirror. But she isn't really looking at her shoes - she's looking at herself. If she likes herself, then she likes the shoes.

I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

For me, everyone has many personas.

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.

I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do.