High Heels Are Pleasure With Pain.

Designing My Shoes, I'm Thinking Timeless. Not Trendy.

I Am Always Surprised By Who Wears My Shoes. This Is A Good Thing. There Is No Type Of Woman, But All My Women Like To Feel Feminine. They Are Women Who Are Happy To Be Women.

What Was Called Extreme 20 Years Ago Definitely Isn't Extreme Anymore. When I Started, I Remember People Saying, 'oh My God, I Can't Walk In That!' It Was Like, Three Inches - They Look Like Kitten Heels Now.

For Women Raised In The '70s, High Heels Can Still Carry A Stigma; They're Associated With Being Stupid, With Just Wanting To Please A Man. Other Women Find Them Empowering.

[while Designing] I'm Mixing Two Lines Of Thought Really: Me As A Designer For Women And Then Me As A Man. At The Start Of The Design Process It's The Designer For Women That Comes To The Forefront - Sketching And Revising The Silhouette. Then The Man Comes Into The Picture - And I Look At The Shoe From A Very Masculine Point Of View. Then There Is A Conflict Between The Two Sides Of Me. Sometimes The Man Wins, And Sometimes The Designer Wins.