I Don't Know Why My Shoes Are

When I Was Out Of Favor And People Didn't Want That Type Of Boot, Flats, Or High Heels With The Elegant, Dainty Things, It Gave Me Much More Energy.

I'm Not Very Nostalgic, You See. I Just Don't Think Anybody Has That Kind Of Thing Anymore. By Culture, By Breeding, By Whatever, It's Not There. The Kids Today-what The Hell Are They Going To Be? I Like Young People - Yes, I Do. But When I Talk To People At The Schools, And They Say, "i Saw You On The Twit," I Don't Even Know What They Are Talking About.

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.

Really, The '70s And '80s Were A Blur.

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.'