“What's important for people to understand is that they were sort of cloudy, decorative-level gems. I'm afraid somebody stole the shoes with the idea they would disassemble them and sell the jewels and get some money. But the jewels are worthless -- they were just there for decorative purposes really.”
“Women's interest is shoes is very complex. I think it is a late 20th- early 21st-century obsession in part because - like hats in the middle part of the 20th century - they are fashion that is attainable for most women.”
