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
For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.
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.
I don't think about making sexy clothes. It's just my instinct to make them.
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.
I know who the Versace woman is because I wear the clothes myself.
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.
I would love to dress everyone...but what all these actresses this year have in common is great style, lots of personality and that star quality that makes the red carpet come alive.
For me, she is easier to relate to and more relevant than a model, and of course she looks simply beautiful in the clothes.
She needs a vacation. She's worked so so hard for so many years. She's a young girl and she's a little tired.
My favorite pantsuit is done in cherry color and all this is a very classic fabric with, like, a bustier, ... Very, very sexy.
There are too many beautiful and talented women ?and let's not forget the men ? to choose from.
On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.
I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.
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.