When I went to England, to Saint Martins, I was traumatized, in a positive way. It was that British sense of transgression and the dark. Then when I went to Paris, I was doing couture, which everyone was saying was finished. Bullshit! For me, in the end, it was all a mixing of ingredients.
Riccardo TisciI had only two girlfriends. I didn't have many friends because I was staying at home and dreaming - drawing and dreaming.
Riccardo TisciTo 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.
Riccardo TisciWe didn't have a television, so we sat around the table, and me and my sisters and my mom would do these jobs, like, a penny for a piece, you know, these paper jobs. You know, what really saved me as a human today is my sisters and my mom.
Riccardo TisciI 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.
Riccardo Tisci