The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.

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

I have Vie Luxe candles in every room. In 2006 I spent the month of August in Sardinia, and the scent reminds me of the wonderful time we had.

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

What I hate is leather leggings and an ankle boot. I hate the line.

Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.