Top 90 Donatella Versace Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.”

— Donatella Versace

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2. “Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.”

— Donatella Versace

3. “Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.”

— Donatella Versace

4. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

5. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

6. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

7. “Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.”

— Donatella Versace

8. “Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.”

— Donatella Versace

9. “I don’t even know what my natural colour 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.”

— Donatella Versace

10. “Wear a fabulous smile, great jewelry and know that you are totally and utterly in control.”

— Donatella Versace

11. “Elegance is always in style for men.”

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

13. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

14. “In Italian there is an expression: We don’t sleep on the fame.”

— Donatella Versace

15. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

16. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

18. “You can be too boring, but you can never be too seductive.”

— Donatella Versace

19. “I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I’m already thinking glamour.”

— Donatella Versace

20. “Die and born again, die and born again. It’s the story of my life.”

— Donatella Versace

21. “The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good.”

— Donatella Versace

22. “Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.”

— Donatella Versace

23. “New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.”

— Donatella Versace

24. “The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the ’90s.”

— Donatella Versace

25. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

26. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

27. “Women’s bodies are curvy, sensual, it’s about being happy to be a woman – and sexy is always good.”

— Donatella Versace

28. “You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.”

— Donatella Versace

29. “I always wear high heels – I simply feel naked without them.”

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

31. “It’s no good being too easily swayed by people’s opinions. You have to believe in yourself.”

— Donatella Versace

32. “For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I’m punk in the soul.”

— Donatella Versace

33. “Let’s just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty – I think it really comes from the inside out.”

— Donatella Versace

34. “Plus-sized women shouldnt 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.”

— Donatella Versace

35. “Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.”

— Donatella Versace

36. “I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That’s much sexier than when a man uses muscle.”

— Donatella Versace

37. “For me, music gives a voice to fashion.”

— Donatella Versace

38. “Heterosexual men like to be sexy more than gay men, honestly.”

— Donatella Versace

39. “My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.”

— Donatella Versace

40. “In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.”

— Donatella Versace

41. “I am not a great believer in fairy tales. Every woman should fight hard for her own happy endings. Although occasionally it is nice to wake up as a princess.”

— Donatella Versace

42. “Many young people don’t know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.”

— Donatella Versace

43. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

44. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

45. “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.”

— Donatella Versace

46. “I like perfume and flowers.”

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

48. “I’ve learned how to appreciate what I have. And it’s a lot. I’m very lucky.”

— Donatella Versace

49. “I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it’s fantastic.”

— Donatella Versace

50. “Haven’t you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!”

— Donatella Versace