Stefano Gabbana Professions : Designer Born : November 14, 1962 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by Stefano Gabbana I never talked about homosexuality with my family. After I was 18, they know everything, but I never talk; it was like an information but in silence. I start to talk when I was 32, it was good for me - it was like a liberation. I'm talking about a love story. I'm not talking about sex because love is love. Stefano Gabbana good me family love Fashion is OK for five days, one minute, six months, but style is for the rest of the life. Stefano Gabbana rest style fashion life You have to work very hard behind the scenes, to make a message clear enough for a lot of people to understand. Stefano Gabbana understand you work people Dolce & Gabbana is like our child. The editing of a collection before a show is a tough call, as we would like to show everything! Stefano Gabbana everything child tough editing I drive around on my scooter in Milan alone - we don't have bodyguards or anything like that. I am a fashion designer, not a celebrity, and although I get stopped for autographs and the like, I don't think I am famous. Stefano Gabbana i-am alone drive fashion We feel a special bond with Sicily and its people - in fact, our first campaigns were shot in Sicily, like the one shot in Vucciria Sicilian historical market We enjoyed showing the faces and the characters that crowd that beautiful market every day. Stefano Gabbana feel day beautiful people We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power. Stefano Gabbana women power men culture My mum is totally crazy for fashion still. Her job was as a laundress, but I loved it when she would dress up in her red suit with a mini jacket and flared trousers and get her wig fixed at the hairdresser's - it was the time of wigs - and we would go shopping. Stefano Gabbana dress fashion crazy time Our fashion for us, it's an expression; first of all of life, I put all of myself in my fashion. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but this is a mirror, an expression about Domenico and Stefano. It's not just a profession: it's a person with a lot of personality. Stefano Gabbana good myself personality life The first thing I do when I come to work, I say hello to my dogs and give them one biscuit each. The butler takes them out to the park and drops them off at the office, so they are there waiting for me. They are very popular in the studio. They play all the time. They run around, up and down, left and right. Stefano Gabbana me waiting work time My memories are of denim. I remember being 12 in my Levi's. Wow! As a teenager in Milan, I was really fascinated by Fiorucci, but at the time I was not rich enough to buy. Oh my God! I made a collection of Fiorucci shopping bags, and my mother, she still has them and my stickers, and now I invite Elio Fiorucci to our shows. Stefano Gabbana god mother time memories Customers are very demanding and well informed. Stefano Gabbana informed well very customers In my whole life, I've worn black tie three times. I can't tie the knot myself. Stefano Gabbana myself black three life I'm a man, I'm not just a fashion designer. Stefano Gabbana just man fashion-designer fashion For me, the future isn't coming from the USA, like it was before. Stefano Gabbana coming like me future I don't have the time to be bored. Stefano Gabbana bored time What I can say is that there are some collections that come easily, and others that require more work. Stefano Gabbana say some i-can work Each one of us interprets various stimuli according to our own personal sensibility. Stefano Gabbana us our personal own Similar Authors Bruce Mau designer Brian Reynolds designer Bran Ferren designer Amy Butler Greenfield designer Alex Bogusky designer Alec Issigonis designer All Authors