Elegance is the balance between PROPORTION, EMOTION & SURPRISE.
Only wear clothes that make you feel alive.
I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
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.
My normal life is like being on holiday.
An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.
I like things simple.
There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?
I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.
French people are charming, adorable but not extremely generous with foreigners, but they believe in what they do. I feel proud in exchange because what I did in restoration is something I did for La France.
Very few designers today design - it's very important to be able to do your own sketch on paper and then explain [your vision] to the fabric cutters. Instead, lots of designers drape - it's the new way.
I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer.
I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.
I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
I am Valentino Rossi. If I stay in MotoGP it is to try to win. When that is not possible it is time to stay at home and work in the garden!
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.
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
