I'm not a designer, I'm a creator. To me, it's always been about collaboration, I've never studied styling or fashion. As far as I'm concerned, it boils down to common sense: have fun, more importantly have fun with your friends and keep a global view on what you're doing.

Nicola Formichetti

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I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.

Nicola Formichetti

fashion hate sometimes

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.

Nicola Formichetti

always-trying design simple

I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.

Nicola Formichetti

village east crazy

I'm just inspired by different people, friends around me.

Nicola Formichetti

inspired different people

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

Nicola Formichetti

japan source inspiration

I'm not a designer, I'm a creator.

Nicola Formichetti

creator designer

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

Nicola Formichetti

space flower morning

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.

Nicola Formichetti

clubs fashion media

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

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media taken dark

My uniform is usually just comfortable clothing. Being a stylist, you spend most of the day at photo shoots covered in safety pins.

Nicola Formichetti

safety-pins stylist uniforms

Let me just put it that way: I work really hard and play really hard too.

Nicola Formichetti

let-me

Im saving up to buy art. Nothing famous, but every time Im in a new city I wander into galleries and dream about buying great pieces one day.

Nicola Formichetti

saving-up dream art

I never liked the idea of bags. I would say, "Why do so many of my friends spend so much money on these bloody bags?" But once I started designing them, I was completely hooked. There are all of these blogs about bags. It's a whole other industry, and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

Nicola Formichetti

bags design ideas

I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.

Nicola Formichetti

terrible i-can eating

There are so many young designers who need stock, who need my push. With the commerce, the one thing I knew is that I wanted to have things that were affordable. I was always one of those customers that would go to an amazing store and be like, "Um, what's the least expensive thing?"

Nicola Formichetti

e-commerce affordable designer

I think when you start talking about money, it stops the whole creative process for me.

Nicola Formichetti

creative talking thinking

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

Nicola Formichetti

fashion lying thinking

Social networking inspires me a lot and how we are related and connected to each other.

Nicola Formichetti

social-network networking inspire

I want young people to be able to buy into what I design. When I was young, I wanted to buy designer brands even if all I could afford was the cheapest wallet, the cheapest pen, the cheapest T-shirt because I wanted to be a part of it.

Nicola Formichetti

design want people

My mom was my muse - she would buy me Italian 'Vogue.' I was this little fashion boy.

Nicola Formichetti

fashion italian mom