When I started at 9, I was working with plaster. I worked with a florist. It was a little illegal for kids to work. They would give you tips because they couldn't really give you wages.

In prêt-à-porter now we understandably need to make the collection satisfy the big market more, so couture is extra special.

People's wardrobes in history are something that society and culture imposed. But sexuality is not about the way you dress.

I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking to do in the universe for so long.

I am interested in beauty when it has something special and mysterious.

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.

At the beginning, I didn't see what Givenchy could give my career. It was like, "Okay, I'll do it for the money for a few years to help my mom and my sisters."