182 Quotes by Donatella Versace

You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over.

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

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

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

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

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

How do I keep young? Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!

I know who the Versace woman is because I wear the clothes myself.