The difference between style and fashion is quality.

I've always had a great interest in sports that embody the values of commitment, hard work and teamwork - all values I strongly believe in.

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

A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique.

Being famous very often means sacrificing your privacy and that of others. You have to impose on those close to you a pace and lifestyle that might be a bigger sacrifice for others than it is for you.

Luxury is obviously the direction that interests me the most, but there is a lot of confusion between luxury and exhibitionism. For me, the concept of luxury is more traditional, more exclusive, more sophisticated than luxury for the masses.

Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is.