Alessandro Michele

I am obsessed with fashion, like my mother, and I am obsessed with art, like my father.

Sometimes when people talk about me in fashion, I feel - I don't want to say uncomfortable, but I still don't believe that I'm in 'fashion.'

The idea of my fashion shows is that you can't understand where you are; it's something surreal.

My mum was obsessed with dress... so, in my house, there was always the obsession about aesthetics. She was obsessed with the idea that a beautiful movie is the one where you're so involved you won't go to the toilet during it, or you'll fall asleep with your make-up on after.

I'm very curious. I feel more comfortable surrounded by people not like me.

To be against something or someone, it's a dangerous thing.

Luxury means that you show the way you dress with eccentricity.

You have to be open to dreaming. It's a complicated language, but I'm obsessed with it.

My idea for Gucci was crazy, but that's the only idea I had. I was sure I'd be fired after the first show.

I'm obsessed with trompe l'oeil - the idea of something that is existing and is not existing.

The only urgency I feel is to keep on, at a slow pace, with my journey.

In fashion, people are very focused on the future, but I really love to talk about the present.