[While designing] I'm mixing two lines of thought really: me as a designer for women and then me as a man. At the start of the design process it's the designer for women that comes to the forefront - sketching and revising the silhouette. Then the man comes into the picture - and I look at the shoe from a very masculine point of view. Then there is a conflict between the two sides of me. Sometimes the man wins, and sometimes the designer wins.

I like my customer to be fierce.

My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.

A lot of men said they were jealous of me because my shoes excite women in a way they can't.

The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.

A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.

Meet people from other cultures, so you understand that the world doesn't swirl around you.