Edgardo Osorio Quotes

I think every celebrity that I love wears my shoes. I'm a particular fan of Julianne Moore, and I adore Jennifer Lawrence. There are so many beautiful women. I love Poppy Delevingne, of course; I even made a collection with her.

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Love, Celebrity, I Think, Moore

Avoid patent leather, pink, and crystals.

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Pink, Avoid, Patent, Crystals

I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, 'Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.'

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Simple, Thought, Maybe, Crystals

I was surrounded by women and all I would hear is of them complaining about their shoes. Back then, 'comfort' was a dirty word in fashion footwear. This was before fur loafers or sneakers. So, I wanted to create a shoe that was like slipping your foot into a glove - something beautiful, feminine, and sexy at the same time.

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Fur, Surrounded, Before, Footwear

My retail partners, they are my brand ambassadors. They're the ones who are selling the shoes to women.

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Brand, Selling, Partners, Ambassador

I started doing flats because women would always apologize for wearing them when they met me, as if they had to be in heels when meeting a shoe designer.

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Doing, Heels, Always, Apologize

I wanted to create flats that are as chic as heels - flats you don't have to apologize for.

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Chic, Wanted, Flats, Apologize

There's something special about shoes, they give you a high like nothing else.

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Give, Special, High, Something Special

What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.

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Dress, Feet, Some, Normally

For me, I knew the Christy flat was a beautiful shoe, but I had no idea the incredible trend that would follow - I mean, it's the most copied thing ever!

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Trend, Idea, Copied, Christy

Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.

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One Day, Wear, Very, Pump

People want fashion from us, whereas they might buy core styles from other designers.

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Other, Core, Designers, Whereas

My shoes aren't minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.

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Simplicity, New, About, Minimalist

I have so much fun because I love to meet the women who wear my shoes and meet the clients. That, to me, is the best part - getting to know the faces of the people who actually wear my shoes and getting to have a conversation with them.

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Love, Clients, Part, Best Part

I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.

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Here, Renaissance, Bit, Maria

I want you to be able to go to Aquazzura and find a shoe for every occasion, whether that's a red carpet ball or picking up your kids from school.

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Want, Go, Occasion, Shoe

You can wear a beautiful black dress that you've maybe had for years, but if you wear a fun shoe, you can completely change it. Wear something different, something sexy, something strappy, or something with pom poms.

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Dress, Sexy, Maybe, Shoe

Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.

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Think, Sometimes, Will, Shoe

A sexy shoe is one that men like.

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Men, Sexy, Like, Shoe

Florence is charming, cozy, beautiful, inspiring - it has so many great places to go to and so many unique things to see that you won't find anywhere else!

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Go, Cozy, Inspiring, Florence

I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.

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Want, I See, Another, Client

I personally approve all the shoes that go into production, and I have a level of involvement with the factories that other people don't have.

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Other, Level, Production, Approve

Up until the 1960s, women would meet designers in their private ateliers, and together they would build a relationship and a wardrobe. Then, all of a sudden, designers disappeared into their own private bubble, and there was no communication.

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Own, Private, Designers, Disappeared

For me, it's important that I can talk to my customers all over the world. They can comment on what they like, tell me what fits - we have a daily dialogue. I can also see what she looks like and how she wears my shoes, which is a huge advantage. Thank God for Instagram; it helps me keep connected.

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Tell, I Can, Instagram, Comment

Being inspired is one thing, but completely knocking off a design is another. There is a big difference.

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Big, Another, One Thing, Knocking

I design flats like I design heels: They must be seductive, beautiful and comfortable.

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Beautiful, Like, Seductive, Flats

I like statement flats that can take you from day to night.

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Night, Like, Take, Flats

I was the first one to say that there could be comfortable, sexy shoes, and it's a big part of our brand.

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Big, Big Part, First One, Brand

It's as if to be interesting, you had to be depressed and messy, but that's complete nonsense.

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Interesting, Had, Complete, Depressed

I love art, being so close to the galleries, being by the water - and sunsets from the terrace.

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Love, Art, I Love, Sunsets

I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.

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Feet, Lucky, Like, Sending

I think of my customer as a woman who wants to look beautiful and be able to walk.

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Beautiful, Think, I Think, Customer

I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.

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Lucky, Conservative, Very, Hobby

Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.

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Think, Person, I Think, Historically

When I sit down and design, it's shoes that always appear.

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Design, Down, Always, Appear

I never met a stripe I didn't like.

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Never, Like, Stripe, Met

Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.

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Love, Night, Could, All Night

The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.

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Shoes, Woman, Spirit, Windows

We have such a loyal following in London that we decided to open a shop, and I find Albemarle Street extremely charming and special.

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London, Loyal, Shop, Following

We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.

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Heels, Idea, Feels, High Heels

No one wears high heels all day, every day.

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Every Day, Heels, High, High Heels

Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.

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Dress, Want, Very, Moods

As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.

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Woman, Need, Always, Male

I've had many ideas come from clients.

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Ideas, Come, Had, Clients

For some reason, many designers are in fashion, but they don't love women. I love women, and I follow my clients on Instagram.

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Love, Reason, Some, Clients

Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.

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Aesthetic, Which, Carried, Shoes

When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.

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Dirty, Idea, Almost, Shoes

I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy.

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Always, Wanted, Were, Shoes

I want to make shoes that a woman can walk in. That's kind of what they're made for.

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Woman, Kind, Made, Shoes

When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.

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Business, People, Take, Advantage

Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.

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Woman, Looks, Every, Dress

I still work weekends because I like it; I enjoy it. I just don't care.

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Work, Like, Still, Weekends

America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.

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Believe, New, Our, Anywhere

I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.

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Love, Beautiful, See, Sexy

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