I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.

Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that.

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

What about David Bowie? He's a sexy creature.

I think people should have fun with fashion, should enjoy wearing beautiful clothes--but also not save everything for the best. Fashion is there to be enjoyed, to be indulged--to wow in. Don't save it for Sunday best only. Get it out of the tissue paper and be sensational every day.