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" On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger. "

Donatella Versace

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" 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. "

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

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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it. "

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" I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky. "

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

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

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" 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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" You can never forget the time you're living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing. "

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" In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame. "

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

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" Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream. "

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" 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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" Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that. "

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

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" 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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