Donatella Versace Quotes (95 quotes)

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„Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.“
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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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„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.“
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„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.“
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„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.“
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„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.“
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„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.“
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„We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to.“
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„I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.“
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„I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.“
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„I know who the Versace woman is, because I wear the clothes myself.“
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„I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.“
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„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.“
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„How do I keep young? Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!“
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„Hollywood is a very inspiring place.“
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„For me, music gives a voice to fashion.“
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„In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.“
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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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„Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.“
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„For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.“

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Donatella Versace
Author born: May 02, 1955
Nationality: Italian
Author Profession: Designer

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