Manolo Blahnik

“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.”

“I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.”

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

“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 never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.”

“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.”

“I hate to travel with stuff.”