Avoid patent leather, pink, and crystals.

When I sit down and design, it's shoes that always appear.

No one wears high heels all day, every day.

When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.

Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.

I still work weekends because I like it; I enjoy it. I just don't care.