I'm Relating To A Period That Doesn't

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.

I'm A Great Observer Of Delicate Situations And Women. I Really Like That Bygone Type Of Movement, And For A Long Time I Had Been Looking For It.

I Don't Even Think About The Word. But I Do Have Certain Things Where I Just Go, "aaaaahhh," Irritatingly Boring And Insistent Because I Want It To Look That Way And I Can Do It - I Don't Even Know If You'd Call It Passion Or Obsession. Obsession, Possibly, But I Really Love What I Do.

That Kind Of Woman Who Used To Be There At The Time Is Not Here Any Longer. In 10 Years, People Disappear. But I Fantasize Still About Those Kinds Of Women, And That Kind Of Life That Doesn't Really Exist Any Longer.

The Most Tragic Moment Of My Life Was The First Show I Ever Designed For. I Had Been Asked To Make Shoes For Ossie Clark's Show In The Early '70s. I Was So Inexperienced That I Didn't Put The Steel In The Heels Of The Shoes, Which Is Required To Support The Shoe And The Wearer. So The Girls Came Out Walking Very Strangely In These Rubber, Bendy High-heeled Shoes I Had Made. I Thought 'oh Dear God! This Is The End Of Me.' But After The Show, Even David Hockney And Cecil Beaton Said To Me 'it Was So Interesting That The Girls Were Moving In Such A Different Way.'