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
I always wear high heels - I simply feel naked without them.
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.
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.
Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.
Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.
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.
When I work, I wear pants usually because I want to be comfortable. I wear dark colors, especially in winter, because I don't want to concentrate on myself but on what I'm working on. Because I really, really love clothes, I can start to think too much about myself. It's distracting.
Women should be sure of themselves because women have a lot of capacities. We can achieve so many different things that men cannot. I think women are stronger.
You can never forget the time you're 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.
In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.
I like to eat. Definitely. I love sitting around a table with my friends. But I don't know how to cook anything.
In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.
I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.
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.