Top 90 Donatella Versace Quotes (2024 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. “For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I’m punk in the soul.”

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

33. “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

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

— Donatella Versace

35. “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

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

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

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

— Donatella Versace

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

— 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. “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.”

— Donatella Versace