Alexander McQueen... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend.

Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.

When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself.

Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.

There's time to slow down, after you're dead.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.