Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.

I listen to certain opinions because those are important to me. I am a Leo, so I very much have my feet on the ground, and I know what I want, but there is also a side of me which is a little softer, still a little bit of a boy who has not grown up and who listens a lot.

My life has changed financially and I have a name, but I try to never forget people on my journey.

My definition of beauty is something between extremely ugly and extremely fantastic.

I didn't know I was going to become a designer; I was going to become a successful person, but I really wanted to be free.

I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which is fantastic and small. I design by look. For example, people always comment to me, "When you do men's shirts, you always keep them closed on the catwalk." That's my thing.

When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was arriving from a provincial area of Italy. They called me in to do Givenchy and I just thought, Wow.