That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.
My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting.
My dream was always to be a composer, but fashion came very easily.
I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change.
I want to see my niece and nephew grow up, to see their children... I get crazy at the idea that a time will come when I won't see Daniel and Allegra anymore.
Designing came to me. I didn't have to move.
Fashion needs incredible women, alive, stimulating, with style like Diana Vreeland. She is the most. The way she talks expresses all her values.
Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.
I don't license everywhere. I take care of my name.
I'm a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures.
For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink.
It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.
In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.
The environment was so strong, so dramatic. Tragedy is all over Calabria; it's in the air. All this corresponds to my temperament.
