Donatella Versace Quotes
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I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.
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I love the mix of people who hang out at nightclubs now. Their individuality is an inspiration to me. The music they listen to, the clothes they wear and the way they wear them defines a street style that I love.
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A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.
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I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There's so much more to it than knitwear - it's an amazingly versatile material and can be used in so many different ways from chic to rustic.
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I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.
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I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
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Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
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Women are all the same; we want to be smaller in the waist, longer legs, slimmer. I design for women and their defects, to make them better.
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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've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.
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To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.
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Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.
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On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.
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It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.
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I don't like my physique at all.
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You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.
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When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself.
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My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.
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I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them.
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To be Catholic puts a lot of fear in you. It's a great religion, but also one that can limit your experience. You fear experience because everything is a sin.
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Women should be sure of themselves because women have a lot of capacities. We can achieve so many different things that men cannot. I think women are stronger.
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Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.
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Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers.
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For me, music gives a voice to fashion.