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
Heterosexual men like to be sexy more than gay men, honestly.
I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.
I think I asphyxiated my children.
For me, music gives a voice to fashion.
A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. I look for that special piece that sets the watch apart from the norm. I want to have something unique that differentiates itself with style and glamour.
To be Catholic puts a lot of fear in you. It's a great religion, but also one that can limit your experience. You fear experience because everything is a sin.
People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.
I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!
In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.
I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.
Hollywood is a very inspiring place.
For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.
For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.