I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.

Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet.

I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.'

I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.