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Nicola Formichetti

Nicola Formichetti (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla formiˈketti]; born 31 May 1977) is an Italian-Japanese fashion director and fashion editor. He is most widely known as the artistic director of the Italian fashion label Diesel, and for being a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. He worked two years (September 2010 – April 2013) with the French fashion house Mugler as artistic director.

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

Boy, Fashion, Italian, Mom, Muse, Vogue

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

Eating, I Can, Love, Making, Terrible

I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.

Although, Couturier, Respect, Typical

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.

Collaboration, Common Sense, Fashion, Fun, Keep, Sense

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.

Clubs, Evening, Fashion, Media, Playing, Social

I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.

Half, Like, Pumpkin, Stuffed, Toys, Yayoi

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

Bloc, Crazy, East, Places, Village

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.

Design, Part, Pen, People, Want, Young

The Internet shapes my life and work so completely that I couldn't imagine living without it.

Imagine, Internet, Life, Shapes

I was born in Japan, so for me, Uniqlo is a family brand. My granny used to wear Uniqlo. And my Italian dad wore Uniqlo. I wore Uniqlo, of course.

Dad, Granny, Italian, Japan

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

Pins, Safety Pins, Shoots, Stylist, Uniforms, Usually

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.

Art, Day, Dream, Galleries, Saving Up, Time

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.

Dark, Media, Swept, Taken

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

Inspiration, Japan, Source

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

Elite, Elitist, Fashion, Hate, Industry, 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.

Always Trying, Company, Design, Developed, Fabric, Simple

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

Creator, Designer

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

Hard, Let, Let Me, Play, Way, Work