Your universe

Book: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë. Romantic and independent.

Music: Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Françoise Hardy, Sade. Music that sets the mood without being overbearing.

Film: In the Mood for Love. Elegance, sensuality, color, details, restrained desire.

Flower: Peony, romantic and full, but less predictable than the usual rose.

Your shoes: The Allure calfskin Pump is the shoe you wear without a second thought. When you want a little more light, there’s the Cora patent leather Slingback, which reflects just enough. And on days when you crave color, the Back to Love pump in purple.

Being classic doesn’t mean being predictable.

Your contradiction: you love what lasts, yet there is always a part of you that is searching for something new.