Donatella Versace Quotes

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Donatella Versace

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 2, 1955

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.

Donatella Versace

If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.

Donatella Versace

I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.

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Some say the economy means that you have to persuade people to invest in clothes - to buy less things but more expensive things. I disagree - invest in jewelry, or a house, maybe, but not in fashion.

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For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

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Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.

Donatella Versace

On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.

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Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.

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The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.

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The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.

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I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.

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The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.

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I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.

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Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.

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In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

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I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

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I know who the Versace woman is, because I wear the clothes myself.

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I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.

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When I work, I wear pants usually because I want to be comfortable. I wear dark colors, especially in winter, because I don't want to concentrate on myself but on what I'm working on. Because I really, really love clothes, I can start to think too much about myself. It's distracting.

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We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to.

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