Donatella Versace Quotes
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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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I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.
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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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On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.
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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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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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Scent is very important. Strong fragrances suit some men, while citrus types suit others. I like my men to smell fresh and woody, but also like a man.
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I don't like my physique at all.
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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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I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.
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For me, music gives a voice to fashion.
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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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You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
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My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.
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I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.
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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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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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The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.
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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.
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I like to eat. Definitely. I love sitting around a table with my friends. But I don't know how to cook anything.
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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 understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.
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I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.
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I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.