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

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

Be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

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.

Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness.

McQueen was daring, original, exciting. He shook up the establishment with his creativity and understood what it takes to be a great British ambassador for fashion. I admired him very much. He was a fashion revolutionary that, like me, made the journey from [Central] Saint Martins to Paris where he put his own unique mark on the industry. He will not be forgotten.