Your symbol of high fashion – Details

You favourite fabric – The most iconic knit fabric

Your favourite colour – Blue

The collection you will never forget – Missoni Spring/Summer 2002

The style you most dislike – I dislike all those who just follows trend and don’t have a personal style

Your favourite fashion photographer – Mario Testino, because he did the best portrait of me and reminds me of the golden age of fashion. Nowadays, I love Viviane Sassen. We have done marvelous work together.

Your favourite model – Gisele Bündchen

Your shoe/shoe designer fetish – Shoes are my fetish. Alaïa, Manolo, Prada and many more.

Your jewel/jewelry designer fetish – Delfina Delettrez, Venyx, vintage Jewelry

Your favourite fashion accessory – Rings and belts

Your ideal bag – Missoni Miss01

The most creative designer – Elsa Schiaparelli

The most timeless designer – Madeleine Vionnet

Your favourite designer – Missoni

Your favourite decade in fashion – 1930s

Your contemporary muse or inspiration – None

Your historical muse or icon – My grandmothers, both of them.

The “look” you prefer for a man — Classic, timeless.

The “look” you prefer for a woman – Long, day or night.

The fashion faux pas you can tolerate most – In fashion like in the arts, there is no faux pas, because creative worlds have to be tested.

The fashion faux pas you can tolerate least – …

What is your present state of mind? Constantly in evolution.

Your fashion motto – My grandfather Ottavio Sr used to say, “To have bad taste, you don’t necessarily have to follow fashion, but it helps.”

Questions taken from Assouline’s The Fashion Questionnaire