[While designing] I’m mixing two lines of thought really: me as a

[While designing] I’m mixing two lines of thought really: me as a designer for women and then me as a man. At the start of the design process it’s the designer for women that comes to the forefront – sketching and revising the silhouette. Then the man comes into the picture – and I look at the shoe from a very masculine point of view. Then there is a conflict between the two sides of me. Sometimes the man wins, and sometimes the designer wins.