It felt like strappy sandals were looking really old lady-ish; really dated and not cool.

I went back to the factories that I worked with at Jimmy Choo because they don't work for Jimmy Choo exclusively.

People who are over-educated become risk-averse.

I had to put the company through a reorg, raise a new round of financing, and sort of press the restart button. But my feeling was that I wasn't going to be bullied. I wasn't going to let them take me down. I had to pull myself together and move forward.

I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.

I tried to put direct to consumer through a wholesales channel - the industry was just not ready to adapt and change. The other issue I had was with Jimmy Choo.

It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.