Top 100 Donatella's Quotes
#1. I love Versace; I love Donatella's vision! It still has that '90s supermodel vibe.
Behati Prinsloo
#2. In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.
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#3. 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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#4. It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.
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#5. In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.
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#6. Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.
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#7. The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.
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#8. As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine.
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#10. We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.
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#11. When we raise our vibration to the state of "Being Love," we change and our world shifts into something so delicious and intoxicating that words hardly do justice to its description.
Leeza Donatella
#12. I love the mix of people who hang out at nightclubs now. Their individuality is an inspiration to me. The music they listen to, the clothes they wear and the way they wear them defines a street style that I love.
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#13. I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new - and if you love fashion, then you need to be able to do that.
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#14. I don't think about making sexy clothes. It's just my instinct to make them.
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#17. My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.
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#18. 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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#19. Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.
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#20. My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.
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#23. In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It's about going all the way.
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#24. 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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#25. For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.
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#26. 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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#27. 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.
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#28. 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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#29. Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
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#30. I don't see anybody categorized as a 'fashion diva,' except for me! And I like that. I am thought of as a diva because I wear an evening dress and I take care of my look when I go out. I go to parties regarding business, not for fun. And that's why they call me a 'diva.'
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#31. 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.
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#32. You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.
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#33. I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
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#34. Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.
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#35. Women's bodies are curvy, sensual, it's about being happy to be a woman - and sexy is always good
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#36. I just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versace's bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those 'pinch me' moments.
Carolyn Murphy
#37. 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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#38. 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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#40. My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me is a little sound or some small arrangement. I really do listen to music continuously all day long - very loud, so people can't stand to be around me anymore.
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#41. I don't even know what my natural color is. Natural? What is natural? What is that? I do not believe in totally natural for women. For me, natural has something to do with vegetables
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#42. Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
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#43. 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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#44. Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.
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#45. I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.
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#46. 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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#47. Linda doesn't like to give out her cell number to "non-industry people," like the office workers at my high school, because she thinks she's Donatella Versace.
Matthew Quick
#48. How do I keep young? Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!
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#49. I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.
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#50. The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.
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#51. I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!
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#53. In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
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#54. I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.
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#55. 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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#56. The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.
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#57. It makes me happy when my sons come home and tell me, 'We bumped into Donatella and she says hi.
Stephanie Seymour
#58. 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.
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#59. You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
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#60. 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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#61. I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.
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#62. Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.
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#64. It's good to see the children be creative. It's the pleasure of the future.
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#65. 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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#67. I like to eat. Definitely. I love sitting around a table with my friends. But I don't know how to cook anything.
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#69. You would not experiencing great change unless you were ready for the transformation. Embrace the new you that's emerging.
Leeza Donatella
#70. I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.
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#71. I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.
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#72. A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.
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#73. 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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#74. During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.
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#75. Material girls like Madonna Model for Donatella
Nicki Minaj
#76. Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.
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#77. 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.
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#78. The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.
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#80. It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
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#81. Scent is very important. Strong fragrances suit some men, while citrus types suit others. I like my men to smell fresh and woody, but also like a man.
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#82. Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.
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#83. Some say the economy means that you have to persuade people to invest in clothes - to buy less things but more expensive things. I disagree - invest in jewelry, or a house, maybe, but not in fashion.
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#84. 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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#86. I was ready for huge transformation, emerging from the chrysalis, like the butterfly, a true metamorphosis, alive in all my beauty.
Leeza Donatella
#87. 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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#88. I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.
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#90. 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.
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#93. The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good.
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#94. 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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#95. 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.
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#96. Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.
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#97. Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. 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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#99. Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.
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#100. What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.
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