Donatella Versace Quotes
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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.
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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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I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them.
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I know who the Versace woman is, because I wear the clothes myself.
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You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over.
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Fashion is not frivolous.
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I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.
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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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Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.
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You can never forget the time you're living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.
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I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
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Plus-sized women shouldn't think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size doesn't mean, really, anything. You can carry your size with pride and dress in a way that you like.
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In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.
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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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I'm a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work.
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When I meet celebrities, I have to know what they are like and only then can I design. The clothes have to fit their personality.
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In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
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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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For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.
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Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.