I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes.

I'm a label that wants to sell. I believe in clothes.

I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style, and that's what my work is about.

The problem is that resuscitating old labels doesn't work anymore. I think it is very important to give hope to a new generation of designers, so that one day they really can put their own names out there.

My clothes are for the international jet set. They are very much for the red carpet.

Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.