Valentino Garavani

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.

Unfortunately, the greatest photographers don't pay extreme attention to the clothes. If they decide to put a dress in a bathtub or in front of a cow in the countryside with dirt everywhere, well, the dresses come back... ready to be put in the garbage.

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

I like things simple.

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.