When I was 12, I used to dress as a woman in the house. At the time, cross-dressing was a big taboo in Italy. It was better to have a son who was a drug addict than a cross-dresser. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people trying to find identity - the young generation is looking for tribes. You have the hip-hop tribes, the punk tribes, the rockers, you have the hipsters, the bourgeois ... The fact of the tribe is that it's like… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share
The aborigines in Australia, the way they dress is very honest; it's not about: "Oh, you wear a skirt, you're gay." — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my life. It… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
In spite of the fact that everyone thinks I am very much a rottweiler - that i am very dark and everything - I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I've got what I want, and I've got the luck to express myself and to be paid and to do what I do as… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I suffered a lot when there was, like, a birthday party and I was not invited. Not because I was ugly or stupid; I… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
The elegance of the Italian South is a very strong elegance and it is one that I bring. It is a sexy elegance -… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My inspiration comes from many sources, and one of those sources is precisely the maison Versace. When I was a little boy, my family was not very well off. I had a sister who worked in a hairdressing salon. I lost my dad when I was 4 or 5 years old. I grew up with eight sisters and my mom.… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share
I arrived here, with a destroyed house, with nothing. I had to do everything very slowly. And with a little team and a great president, we achieved a lot. I am happy here. For now, it is still Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, and I think that it will be for a long time, because it will be difficult to evict… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share
There are some people whom I esteem and want their opinion first, but that's my way. It is difficult for me to delegate. In… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
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. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share
