Because of the Prada name, I can do things that people normally would not care about in the culture. I can have an exhibit by some forgotten artist who I love, and because it's Prada, people will come see it.

Men are always much more dignified than most women.

I remember being mad about having pink and red shoes. I gew up envying other girls' pink and red shoes.

Craziness in a shoe is great - you can have much more freedom, you can exaggerate and it doesn't feel stupid. But to have too much craziness near your face, that would just feel weird.

Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not?

I am interested in communicating with the world by selling to many people.

The fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be.