During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There's so much more to it than knitwear - it's an amazingly versatile material and can be used in so many different ways from chic to rustic.

My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.