You can never forget the time you are living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you’re living in is the most important thing.

During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

Just like music evokes emotion, so can garments.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.