The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.
We built our fashion around three fundamental concepts: Sicily, tailoring, and tradition. Our dream is to create a style which is timeless, and to create clothes with such a strong personality that whoever sees them can instantly say without a shadow of a doubt: this is a Dolce & Gabbana.
I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.
My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer.
There are people who believe that a Dolce & Gabbana T-shirt is more stylish than a supermarket one, and there are people who believe the opposite. There is room for everyone.
When I was 16, I knew I was gay. I loved a lot. But I lived as a straight guy, because there are people in my town who don't understand my story. I never told. I never wanted to show what was inside my heart.
Do I make fashion mistakes? Yes, but I won't say what.
This is the problem today. Men and women have switched places. The woman now acts more like the man.
I'm obsessed with jackets.
At the beginning of the career is important for a designer to present his most representative pieces.
I clear my wardrobe of anything I'm not wearing and give the clothes to charity.
If you open my wardrobe, it's very boring.
I want to dance. I want to live.
I'm a very curious person.
For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.
It is not necessary to be too avant-garde, because you risk not being understood.
You need to be ahead of the game just enough so that you can have what people want in the shops when they want it.
Tarots tell different sides of the various personalities that exist in all of us. I find it fascinating how they combine names, images, and numbers. You don't need to be able to read them, or know their real meaning, to be charmed.
Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language.
We have never considered our brand superior or inferior to any other one, and we have never spoken about our work in comparison to anyone else's. We are ourselves; we have never had the presumption to please everyone, but we believe in the utmost liberty to express oneself.
