Donatella Versace

Elegance is always in style for men.

— Donatella Versace

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

— Donatella Versace

In fashion, only sexy won’t go out of fashion.

— Donatella Versace

I don't like my physique at all.

— Donatella Versace

I think I asphyxiated my children.

— Donatella Versace

There's time to slow down, after you're dead.

— Donatella Versace

Just like music evokes emotion, so can garments.

— Donatella Versace

Fashion is not frivolous.

— Donatella Versace

A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.

— Donatella Versace

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

— Donatella Versace

During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

— Donatella Versace

I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.

— Donatella Versace

You can be too boring, but you can never be too seductive.

— Donatella Versace

Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.

— Donatella Versace

I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.

— Donatella Versace

To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.

— Donatella Versace

Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out.

— Donatella Versace

Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look…

— Donatella Versace

Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.

— Donatella Versace

I don't even know what my natural colour is. Natural? What is natural? What is that? I do not believe in totally…

— Donatella Versace

Alexander McQueen... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend.

— Donatella Versace

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…

— Donatella Versace

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

— Donatella Versace

I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There's so much more to it than knitwear - it's an…

— Donatella Versace

My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me…

— Donatella Versace

When I work, I wear pants usually because I want to be comfortable. I wear dark colors, especially in winter, because I…

— Donatella Versace

Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you…

— Donatella Versace

I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would…

— Donatella Versace

Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see…

— Donatella Versace

I love the mix of people who hang out at nightclubs now. Their individuality is an inspiration to me. The music they…

— Donatella Versace

Plus-sized women shouldnt think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size…

— Donatella Versace

The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack…

— Donatella Versace

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

— Donatella Versace

I was always crazy even before the drugs,

— Donatella Versace

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

— Donatella Versace

I like perfume and flowers.

— Donatella Versace

I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.

— Donatella Versace

The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.

— Donatella Versace

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

— Donatella Versace

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.

— Donatella Versace