I'm relating to a period that doesn't exist anymore.

There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.

Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.

I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.

You put high heels on and you change.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.

It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?

The greatest luxury is being free.

Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain.

I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.

It's only the body that's gone. Only the body. There's a part that doesn't go in the ground, a part that stays inside you forever.

We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.

I'd rather buy something that is relatively depressed than something that is relatively high.

I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed.

In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction.

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

People should dress the way they want. Any rules for age or shape are silly. If you walk out the door feeling good about yourself, that’s what counts.

Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.