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
Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.
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.
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.
The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.
It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
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.
Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.
Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.
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.
My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.
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.
At that time of the supermodels, celebrities didn't want to be in fashion; they thought they were more intellectual and interesting than anyone in fashion.
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.
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.