“Really, the ’70s and ’80s were a blur.”
“I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style.”
“You put high heels on and you change.”
“Maintenance is terribly important.”
“About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.”
“I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.”
“Men tell me that I’ve saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it’s cheaper than a divorce. So I’m still useful, you see.”
“What is fashion? It’s discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.”
“Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling – ‘Oh, blah, blah, blah, I’m wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I’m wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah’ – because it’s like a need, a tribe, recognition: ‘Ahh, my Rolex.’ But I run away from anything which is too recognizable – it’s my nature.”
“If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it’s jewels that change an outfit.”
“Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.”
“My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.”
“Papa died when he was 77.”
“I am insecure. Everyone’s insecure.”
“I always love China, especially the old China.”
“Everything is global now. It’s not London, it’s not Spain, it’s not Italy – everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.”
“My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.”
“Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.”
“I get more tired by travelling than anything.”
“I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.”
“I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.”
“I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.”
“I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.”
“I just don’t get death at all. Yes, it’s there. But I don’t get it.”
“I eat a lot of chocolate.”
“I’m like an old vampire, so it’s important to talk to young people.”
“Trends don’t interest me.”
“In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.”
“If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.”
“I couldn’t care less about business.”
“There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.”
“I’m mad for satin.”
“Paris is paramount for fashion, always was – always will be.”
“I hate celebrities.”
“I like women with style to wear my shoes.”
“The greatest luxury is being free.”
“I do think one should have clean feet.”
“My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.”
“I hate to travel with stuff.”
“People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.”
“I don’t know why my shoes are so popular – I am always surprised and mystified by it.”
“I was possessed by London.”
“A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.”
“I don’t belong to anyone.”
“I’m OK: I don’t need money.”
“I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that’s the way I feel.”
“The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.”
“I don’t consider myself a fashion designer.”
“My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake – doing something that I adore.”
“I’m very self-critical.”
“I’m very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.”
“The gimmicky thing I’m not very keen on.”
“I’ve never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.”
“I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.”
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