Riccardo Tisci on Courtney.
Courtney is an icon. Lot’s of celebrities in the last ten years have tried to be rock’n’roll, but Courtney is the real rock’n’roll, the goddess of rock’n’roll.
What I love about Courtney is that she is so unpredictable. When I met her she became my muse. I design with Courtney in mind in a way – you really want to design for a woman like that. She’s got soul. She’s super rock’n’roll but at the same time, super intelligent. I love strong women with a lot to say, and she has a lot to say.
She did a private concert for Givenchy at the couture salon, which was amazing. We put her in a dress from The Goddess collection – this white dress, super-couture with embroidery. I loved her in it. Anything you put on her becomes Courtney Love, she’s such a versatile monster! She does movies, she does great… she does music, she does great.
Sometimes when you meet your icons you’re scared you’re going to be disappointed, but when I met Courtney I was even more in love because she can talk about everything, from art to fashion to music. I dressed her around two years ago; the first look was this blue suede couture coat with a muslin dress underneath. The next day she appeared in the press in this leopard-print Givenchy outfit with black degrade from the jacket down. It’s important that you wear what you really feel it’s good for you to wear. Age doesn’t matter, sometimes you see girls who are 20, wearing clothes that could belong to a woman of 50, and sometimes you see a woman of 50 dressing young and they look really good. It depends how they carry the clothes. This is what I love about Courtney – when she puts on clothes, they become Courtney Love.