Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace
Donatella Francesca Versaceis an Italian fashion designer and current vice president of the Versace Group, as well as its chief designer. She owns a 20% share of the business. During the 1980s, Donatella's brother, Gianni Versace, launched a perfume dedicated to her, Blonde, and gave her her own diffusion label, Versus. Versace took over the label's design after her brother's death...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth2 May 1955
CityReggio Calabria, Italy
CountryItaly
Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.
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.
I don't think about making sexy clothes. It's just my instinct to make them.
I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.
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.
Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.
For me, music gives a voice to fashion.
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.
Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.
I like perfume and flowers.
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.
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.
Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.