Christian Louboutin

Breakfast is a peaceful moment for me, so I never have the radio on, no music, no noise around. The only noise that is permitted is people's voices. It's a way for me to wake up without too much of a high speed feeling. ”

I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies by myself. Most of the movies of that period never appealed to me. I didn't like the 'naturalism,' the sad or the 'down-to-earth' characters. What I wanted from film was fantasy, dreams, funny situations, extravagant decor - and beautiful women. ”

I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time. ”

One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive. ”

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled. ”

I think every market has lot of things in common, and at the same time, every market has lot of different things. ”

I don't follow anything online. I am rather slow on that side. ”

The heel is engineering in itself. This little thing that supports the human weight has to have a precise balance. ”

I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone. ”

Being on a trapeze is like dreaming. I feel totally outside of myself when I'm flying. You know, designing shoes, my imagination is flying in my drawings. ”