Donatella Versace famous quotes

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.
-- Donatella Versace

#Style #Tight Pants #Bigs

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Creativity #Bad Ass

Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Needs #Use

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
-- Donatella Versace

#Believe #Believe In Yourself #People

Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.
-- Donatella Versace

#Dream #Fashion #People

Wear a fabulous smile, great jewelry and know that you are totally and utterly in control.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fabulous #Jewelry

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

#Fashion #Blood #Creative

Women's bodies are curvy, sensual, it's about being happy to be a woman - and sexy is always good
-- Donatella Versace

#Sexy #Sensual #Body

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

#Queens #Rocks #Black

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

#Stars #Men #Rocks

I like perfume and flowers.
-- Donatella Versace

#Valentine #Flower #Perfume

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Balance #Use

Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.
-- Donatella Versace

#Thinking #Inspire

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Mean #Clothes

Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.
-- Donatella Versace

#Artist #Fearless #Revolutionary

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Powerful #Men #Careers

You can be too boring, but you can never be too seductive.
-- Donatella Versace

#Seductive #Boring

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Clothes #Design #Personality

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

#Photography #Artist #Genius

You can never forget the time you are 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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Philosophy #Creativity

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #New York #People

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

#Men #Millennium

I was always crazy even before the drugs,
-- Donatella Versace

#Crazy #Drug

I think I asphyxiated my children.
-- Donatella Versace

#Children #Thinking #My Children

Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!
-- Donatella Versace

#Sleep #Night #Heard

We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.
-- Donatella Versace

#Believe #Style #Trying

Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.
-- Donatella Versace

#Giving Up #Drug #Harder

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

#Art #Long #Fans

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. I look for that special piece that sets the watch apart from the norm. I want to have something unique that differentiates itself with style and glamour.
-- Donatella Versace

#Successful #Unique #Design

Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Serious #Persons

Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.
-- Donatella Versace

#People #World #Young

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Successful #Want

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Voice #Giving

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

#Nice #Men #Thinking

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.
-- Donatella Versace

#Thinking #Want #Way

I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them.
-- Donatella Versace

#High Heels #Naked #Feels

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

#Clothes #Long #Versace

For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.
-- Donatella Versace

#Safety #Soul #Rebellion

I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.
-- Donatella Versace

#Boys #Men #Two

Fashion is not frivolous.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion

Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.
-- Donatella Versace

#Men #Style #Different

During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.
-- Donatella Versace

#People #Chic #Wanted

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

#Musician #Way #Break

As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine.
-- Donatella Versace

#Believe #Trying #Routine

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.
-- Donatella Versace

#Successful #Design #Needs

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Fun #Medicine

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.
-- Donatella Versace

#Hollywood #Very Inspiring

Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.
-- Donatella Versace

#Stories #Born Again #Born

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.
-- Donatella Versace

#People #Want #Versace

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.
-- Donatella Versace

#Sleep #Alarms #Wake Up

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

#Children #Thinking #My Children

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.
-- Donatella Versace

#Thinking #People #Needs

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Mother #Florence #Degrees

I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
-- Donatella Versace

#Thinking #Suits #Construction

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

#Criticism #Would Be #Easy

I don't like my physique at all.
-- Donatella Versace

#Physique

The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Mistake #Shoes

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

#Order #Discipline #Needs

Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.
-- Donatella Versace

#People #Sometimes #Designer

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Years #Important #Identity

In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It's about going all the way.
-- Donatella Versace

#Strong #Unique #Thinking

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Mother #Fashion #Brother

People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.
-- Donatella Versace

#Children #People #Earth

I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.
-- Donatella Versace

#Exercise #Thinking #Mind

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

#Clothes #Versace

I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I’m already thinking glamour.
-- Donatella Versace

#Morning #Thinking #Wake Up

In fashion, only sexy won’t go out of fashion.
-- Donatella Versace

#Sexy #Fashion

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Catholic #Limits #Sin

I go from a full working day to making sure I am home for dinner with my kids. I couldn't do that in a 10cm mini skirt but I am not going to resort to sweatpants and an old t-shirt.
-- Donatella Versace

#Home #Kids #Dinner

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Strong #Men #Smell

In fashion, women have more sensitivity, more sense of the body, so they know how things fit and feel. Yet there are not many women who study fashion. It's ridiculous.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Body #Ridiculous

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Inspiration #Mean #Kids

I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!
-- Donatella Versace

#Honesty #Artist #Needs

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Hard Work #People

There's time to slow down, after you're dead.
-- Donatella Versace

#Slow Down

Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see many people with this desire to fight for something. Women don't help each other, especially in fashion.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Fighting #People

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Wool #Different #Way

I don't see anybody categorized as a 'fashion diva,' except for me! And I like that. I am thought of as a diva because I wear an evening dress and I take care of my look when I go out. I go to parties regarding business, not for fun. And that's why they call me a 'diva.'
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Fun #Party

I don't even know what my natural colour is. Natural? What is natural? What is that? I do not believe in totally natural for women. For me, natural has something to do with vegetables.
-- Donatella Versace

#Believe #Vegetables #Natural

I love the strength of white blonde. Some people talk about having disasters while dyeing their hair - in my opinion you can never have a blonde disaster . . . I am always trying the latest products - whatever is new goes on my hair.
-- Donatella Versace

#Hair #White #People

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Kings #Men #Rocks

The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.
-- Donatella Versace

#Dog #Morning #Thinking

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Beautiful #Mother #Dream

In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
-- Donatella Versace

#Sleep #Italian #Expression

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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Would Be #Likes #Boring

Heterosexual men like to be sexy more than gay men, honestly.
-- Donatella Versace

#Sexy #Gay #Men

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.
-- Donatella Versace

What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.
-- Donatella Versace

#Fashion #Home #Vocabulary

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.
-- Donatella Versace

#Believe #Responsibility #Speaking Up

Plus-sized women shouldnt 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.
-- Donatella Versace

#Mean #Pride #Thinking

You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.
-- Donatella Versace

#Years #Moments #Life Happiness