Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

Style is an extension of yourself. My approach is to enhance the personality of the wearer, so he has his own voice

Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together.

When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did.

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.

I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.