To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family until 30, 35. But I couldn't stand to live in this box anymore. I was getting bigger, and the box was getting smaller.

I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of a man in my life.

My luck has always been how I've had a family of women around me, and I have women who are very close to me - for example, Mariacarla Boscono, Carine Roitfeld, Marina Abramovic. I have different women whom I adore and value.

Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save up my pocket money to buy Versus shirts. I was that obsessed!

Anything I do, I do with my heart. This is why I sometimes get very upset or sometimes get very personal when I'm working.

I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.

I’m very faithful to myself. When you do things that are true it just comes out quite instinctively.