The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.
At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater!
I was always shouted at by my teacher because I would draw straight on the table in the school.
High heels empower women in a way.
The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.
I'd already decided I wanted to design shoes after I saw a sign in the Museum of African and Oceanic Art forbidding high heels. Well, who could resist?
When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.
My relationship with shoes has always been linked to shoes, women, women in their shoes and performance.
I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.
A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.
Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying in my drawings.
I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?'
I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's never been my...
A good host is someone who really takes care of everyone, from the food to their daily programme. I can't.
If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.
I never wanted to work in fashion. At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater! And I was crazy for the Hollywood of the 1950s: Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones. They...
I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.
Fruit in the morning is such a big joy for me. I like to grab fruit from the tree, et cetera. I don't feel that way with vegetables. Fruit, you can eat it at any time, any moment, in any type of situa...
I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated.
My father, who was a cabinetmaker, told me, 'Wood has a grain and if you go into the grain, you have beauty. If you go against it, you have splinters - it breaks.' And I took that as my view of life....