Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save up my pocket money to buy ….

I tried to never exclude people. I know what it means to be left out..

I love finding new things. I love the conceptual aspect of Antony Hegarty or the voices of those back in the day like Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, Ciara.….

To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family until 30, 35. But I couldn't stand to….

When I was 12, I used to dress as a woman in the house. At the time, cross-dressing was a big taboo in Italy. It was better to have a son who was a d….

Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I'm working..

For me, darkness is something very beautiful..

I had only two girlfriends. I didn't have many friends because I was staying at home and dreaming - drawing and dreaming..

This is why I decided to work with Nike, too, because it is even more mass-market than Givenchy and could make entry-price shoes and make people drea….

When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was arriving from a provincial ….

I didn't invent hot water. But when I approach menswear, I do it in a very honest way. And my menswear and womenswear are very similar, in the sense ….

I've got what I want, and I've got the luck to express myself and to be paid and to do what I do as a creative person..

My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my life. It gave me the belief and i….

With couture you have faithfulness - people are faithful to you. In couture, you will see that the cut looks like a lace dress from a distance, but i….

I am very happy at Givenchy and it is a moment in which I am bringing the game to the next level. I feel at home. It's as if it were my son. I don't ….

Couture is emotion. Couture is freedom. Couture is not thinking about pricing and not thinking about craziness. You can do whatever you want to do in….

I suffered a lot when there was, like, a birthday party and I was not invited. Not because I was ugly or stupid; I was not invited because the parent….

I love hip-hop and R&B. People always say, "You are dark, you make dark dresses. You probably only love The Cure or Diamanda Galás." I love Diamanda ….

My life has changed financially and I have a name, but I try to never forget people on my journey..

In prêt-à-porter now we understandably need to make the collection satisfy the big market more, so couture is extra special..

I believe that couture is not about shocking..