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Donatella Versace
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 2
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
Reggio di Calabria
Donatella Francesca Versace
York
Fashion
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Creative
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When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself.
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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.
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Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.
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Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.
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The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.
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I'm a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work.
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If I could dress anyone, I'd like to dress the Queen - she can handle anything. I'd put her in black - she never wears black - and add a little leather, maybe. A little rock n' roll.
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I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.
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Fashion is not frivolous.
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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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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.
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I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.
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Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.
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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.
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Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.
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I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.
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I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.
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Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.
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I think I asphyxiated my children.
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I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, 'It's too loud!' But I think music gives so much inspiration.
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