I didn't have many friends. I was very shy ... And, then, even worse, when I was 14 I became Gothic. I had long, black hair. I was going to school wi….

In spite of the fact that everyone thinks I am very much a rottweiler - that i am very dark and everything - I have a side that is very romantic that….

When I arrived here at Givenchy, there was a lot of confusion. Before me, there had been some great geniuses - John Galliano and Alexander McQueen ar….

I'm very well off but I can stay with normal people. I can do a super-luxury life, but I can do a very normal life and I'm not scared..

I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which is fantastic and small. I design by lo….

This is very much part of my style, I work a lot on the back ­ - I love the back of clothes for men. I love even T-shirts printed behind. I think, "W….

I try to destroy taboo in fashion-which is something I learned as a kid. I come from the street, and you have to be a survivor..

Couture is also a matter of respect. In the end, all of these women sewing and embroidering the clothes, whom are almost all my mother's age, they're….

If you buy a Cartier ring you want people to know it is a Cartier ring or a diamond, or a piece of art that's giving an emotion - then people read it….

At the beginning, I didn't see what Givenchy could give my career. It was like, "Okay, I'll do it for the money for a few years to help my mom and my….

There are some people whom I esteem and want their opinion first, but that's my way. It is difficult for me to delegate. In the end, I do have two or….

My truth is this: That I don't know what will happen tomorrow because you can never know..

My first stage was couture. Boom. Couture. It has changed because women have evolved. Back in the day there were princesses. Today, there are still p….

I remember that my sisters gave me this beautiful, like, empty book for Christmas. And I would draw all these beautiful women. Most of the time it wa….

Couture is more your own world, they come and buy head-to-toe ­ - they buy the jewelry, bags, coats, dresses, bodies underneath.... But couture is no….

My inspiration comes from many sources, and one of those sources is precisely the maison Versace. When I was a little boy, my family was not very wel….

My friends were like, "Oh, this weekend, we're going to go shopping." "Oh, this weekend I'm going to go to see the judo champion" ... you know. And I….

For me, fashion is a job. I love it. It's my passion. But the most important thing for me in general is life..

I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking to do in the universe for so long..

I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of a man in my life..

I love art and music more than I love fashion, to be honest..