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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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Donatella Versace
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 2
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
Reggio di Calabria
Donatella Francesca Versace
Beautiful
Dreaming
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Hiding
Children
Fantastic
Trying
Clothes
Small
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Fittings
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Ladies
Mother
Clients

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