Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save… — Riccardo Tisci Barbie Copy Share Image
When I started at 9, I was working with plaster. I worked with a florist. It was a little illegal for kids… — Riccardo Tisci Giving Copy Share Image
I am very happy at Givenchy and it is a moment in which I am bringing the game to the next level.… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My great strength, which I very much believe in, is family. For me, family doesn't simply mean components of DNA. I mean… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
We didn't have a television, so we sat around the table, and me and my sisters and my mom would do these… — Riccardo Tisci Humans Copy Share Image
My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write… — Riccardo Tisci Fantastic Copy Share Image
One thing my mom didn't want any of us to do was to cry or to complain about life. Every day and… — Riccardo Tisci Beautiful Copy Share Image
I listen to certain opinions because those are important to me. I am a Leo, so I very much have my feet… — Riccardo Tisci Boys Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I used to dress as a woman in the house. At the time, cross-dressing was a big taboo… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
With couture you have faithfulness - people are faithful to you. In couture, you will see that the cut looks like a… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
My obsession when I was kid, from '85 into the '90s, was Gianni Versace. It was Helmut Lang. It was Margiela. So… — Riccardo Tisci Fashion Copy Share Image
I remember that my sisters gave me this beautiful, like, empty book for Christmas. And I would draw all these beautiful women.… — Riccardo Tisci Animal Copy Share Image
In Italy, especially in '70s and '80s, there was a lot of racism between north and south. And my mom immigrated from… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I was lucky. From the time I was a little, I was always surrounded by women, and I am very attracted to… — Riccardo Tisci Feminine Copy Share Image
There was a loneliness because kids my age had video games, tennis. They traveled. They had beautiful clothes. I was wearing my… — Riccardo Tisci Age Copy Share Image
Sex is something I live very well, but it is something I revealed very slowly in my fashion. What I do is… — Riccardo Tisci Emotional Copy Share Image
In the beginning, to be honest I was super-scared. I turned up and took a step back and said, 'I am here… — Riccardo Tisci Being honest 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 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 want to dress anyone in the beginning, no celebrities. Then, very slowly I started with one, two, like that. There… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family… — Riccardo Tisci 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 Copy Share Image
This is very much part of my style, I work a lot on the back - I love the back of… — Riccardo Tisci 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
