I'm trying to be the messenger for the people that pay attention to me. And those people I want to help inspire because a lot of people maybe think it's - they're too cool for school. That's all I can ever do.
I've taken a look back at my body of work and tried to deduce an essence, capturing aspects that reoccur. Reflecting on your own product can be difficult yet enthralling.
I really don't see little girls growing up and thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to morph myself so I look like Barbie.'
I'm a populist. I'm the people's designer... It's important that there are price points that allow people in who maybe don't have the ability to have higher-ticket items - but they can still have something very emblematic of the collection.
I was in heaven when I saw Taraji P. Henson wearing Moschino!
Suddenly, Dallas has become a big part of my life, and now I feel like I'm part of the fabric of the community here.
Sometimes when I'm just really relaxed, that's also a creative time for me, because that's when my mind is more open because I'm not worried or thinking or being very analytical.
I don't make clothes for the critics.
I have a nostalgia for the years I was growing up and experiencing new things for the first time - so the late '80s and early '90s are always fascinating to me. Those were the times that I was being informed about a lot of my tastes, and so the memories are fused with a lot of emotion.
McDonald's, Barbie - they're all icons, recognizable from London to Timbuktu.
I ultimately do still feel like an outsider, and I do feel, actually, I'm more in the world of music because of how much I participate with musicians - in all aspects, not just clothes.
I moved to Paris around 1995 or 1996; my first collection on the runway was in 1997.
I think Barbie and I are very similar in many respects. That's why she made such a great muse for the summer Moschino collection.
There have been a lot of challenges, but I'm still standing on my own, and it's quite an achievement knowing that I own my own business and created my own success through hard work and vision.
I like the mix of something farmlike and something futuristic and artsy mixed together. It's kind of both my worlds.
I think about my friends all the time when I'm designing. That's always an arbiter. Would Katy wear this? Would Rihanna wear this? Would Sia wear it? Would Miley wear it?
'What if this funny-looking youngster from Missouri is talented after all?' I think it was a nice place to grow up, but I'm glad I don't live there anymore.
I fell in love with L.A. To me, it is the most quintessentially American city.
When I was born, my family was so poor that there was no money to buy food. So the church bought groceries for us - there wasn't any kind of privilege.
There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.
