Riccardo Tisci Quotes About House

Quotes about: House

• 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

  Son, House, Drug

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My mom always said to us, "You cannot judge anybody because of the color of skin." There were a lot of African immigrants in Italy at the time, and people would not even say hi in the street. And my mom, she would invite these people to the house. This is what I got from my mom: to not judge people because of their sexuality, their skin color, their religion, nothing.

  Riccardo Tisci

  Mom, Skin Color, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Couture was only for rich people. Givenchy was for rich people. A bag cost 5,000 euro; a coat cost 10,000 euro. In the beginning, I couldn't react. I was just working like a machine, because I wanted to make the house happy.

  Riccardo Tisci

  People, House, Bags

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My obsession when I was kid, from '85 into the '90s, was Gianni Versace. It was Helmut Lang. It was Margiela. So I said, "I cannot have Givenchy only as a luxury house; I'm going to introduce products for everybody, things that are reachable."

  Riccardo Tisci

  Kids, Luxury, House

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I am super-Italian, not even European - Italian. And this is very precise. It's like houses. Over time they stabilize themselves in the terrain. I am still at the first step of a long staircase.

  Riccardo Tisci

  Italian, Long, House

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't have anything against homes for the elderly, but my mom, after having nine children, after all the sacrifices, living in an apartment - it gave me anxiety. Being the only male in the family, I said, "No I can't let this happen." Therefore I signed, because I wanted to buy a house for my mom. I started at Givenchy and the whole fashion world was saying, "Couture is finished." No, couture is not finished. Couture has changed - thank goodness.

  Riccardo Tisci

  Mom, Fashion, Children

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save up my pocket money to buy Versus shirts. I was that obsessed!

  Riccardo Tisci

  Kids, House, Barbie

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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 me from my house. I feel good here!

  Riccardo Tisci

  Team, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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