The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men.

For me there ain't no high heel high enough!

A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.

Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.

I buy Dries van Noten shoes. I love his clothes, too.

[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 think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things.