Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world.

In the beginning, I thought that women needed protection, on a style level, to have the right impact to let them realize their desire for success. Now, many years later, women no longer need a masculine uniform. Women have changed.

Elegance does not catch the eye. It stays in memory.

For me, couture is the kingdom of imagination, creativity and experimentation, and this is how I approach it. I do, however, remain pragmatic and realistic.

I didn't have a happy childhood.

The creative universe begins with its essentiality, and, whatever path the imagination takes, ends with its purity.

I don't like women who follow fashion in the sense of becoming victims of it. I like women who have elegance, who have allure, who use fashion, rather than the other way around.