A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.

You'd see extraordinary-looking people around in the '70s. It was so exciting! You'd have mad people, like Gerlinde Kostiff riding around on her bicycle with a huge hat. Everybody was doing things. I don't have any bad memories of that period.

I only saw one collection of Victoria Beckham, and I thought it was very much like Pierre Cardin or Marcel Rochas dresses. She's thought about it, and she knows what she wants. And people buy it, so that means she works. She has this incredible will power to do something that she likes to do. And I love that. I respect that.

The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.

I don't like very young women very much. Never did.

When somebody wants to work and believes in something, it doesn't matter if you're well known or rich or whatever it is.

I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.