To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family… — Riccardo Tisci Bigger Copy Share Image
Every two to three weeks, I was changing around my room. My room was made out of nothing, basically - a magazine,… — Riccardo Tisci Bed Copy Share Image
I didn't want to dress anyone in the beginning, no celebrities. Then, very slowly I started with one, two, like that. There… — Riccardo Tisci Admire Copy Share Image
My luck has always been how I've had a family of women around me, and I have women who are very close… — Riccardo Tisci Adore Copy Share Image
When I went to England, to Saint Martins, I was traumatized, in a positive way. It was that British sense of transgression… — Riccardo Tisci Bullshit Copy Share Image
I didn't have many friends. I was very shy ... And, then, even worse, when I was 14 I became Gothic. I… — Riccardo Tisci Black Copy Share Image
There are some people whom I esteem and want their opinion first, but that's my way. It is difficult for me to… — Riccardo Tisci Delegate Copy Share Image
If I am in fashion, it is really due to very few designers that I admire - not because I don't like… — Riccardo Tisci Admire Copy Share Image
I've had this sensibility since I was a child. If there was a black boy in the school, I was the friend.… — Riccardo Tisci Black Copy Share Image
Even though I had a fantastic family, I always felt lonely - not lonely in the melancholic way but knowing that, to… — Riccardo Tisci Back home Copy Share Image
When I do a show I have such high emotion; the energy is amazing - but, people don't really see the details… — Riccardo Tisci Amazing people Copy Share Image
What I very much admire about the Versace maison, and what I am still trying to learn to do myself as I… — Riccardo Tisci Admire Copy Share Image
I do the final fitting because the client wants me there. They're not spoilt, they really understand that you're very busy, but… — Riccardo Tisci Busy Copy Share Image
Even at the beginning when I arrived at Givenchy, there were certainly people who supported me, but not everyone loved me. They… — Riccardo Tisci Art Copy Share Image
For me, aesthetically, Donatella Versace represent what the Italian woman is. There is always the American rock thing, the aristocratic, above-the-rest British… — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
I've always been obsessed with things that are half animal and half human - like mermaids and Minotaurs - because they are… — Riccardo Tisci Animal Copy Share Image
I was a very nice boy. I was well-educated ... very Catholic family. So I was very respectful, never late at work.… — Riccardo Tisci Boys Copy Share Image
I am super-Italian, not even European - Italian. And this is very precise. It's like houses. Over time they stabilize themselves in… — Riccardo Tisci First step Copy Share Image
I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which… — Riccardo Tisci Comment Copy Share Image
When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture… — Riccardo Tisci Bigs Copy Share Image
Couture was only for rich people. Givenchy was for rich people. A bag cost 5,000 euro; a coat cost 10,000 euro. In… — Riccardo Tisci Bags Copy Share Image
I arrived here, with a destroyed house, with nothing. I had to do everything very slowly. And with a little team and… — Riccardo Tisci Achieved Copy Share Image
My mom didn't teach me about Marco Polo. She didn't teach me about Napoleon. She didn't teach me about any of that.… — Riccardo Tisci Being a good person Copy Share Image
When I started, everyone said couture was finished and I was so scared. Actually I was more terrorized than scared. I was… — Riccardo Tisci Scared Copy Share Image
I love finding new things. I love the conceptual aspect of Antony Hegarty or the voices of those back in the day… — Riccardo Tisci Emotion Copy Share Image
I hate vulgarity. I hate vulgarity even though it attracts me - and it attracts me very much. I love all that… — Riccardo Tisci Hate Copy Share Image
