To me, the word 'decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way.

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. You have to follow the grain - to be sensitive to the direction of life.

If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.

High heels empower women in a way.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.