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" Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time. "
Donatella Versace
Artists
Photography
Time
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" I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children. "
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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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Queen
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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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" The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good. "
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" The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round. "
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" Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much. "
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" During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois. "
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" To be Catholic puts a lot of fear in you. It's a great religion, but also one that can limit your experience. You fear experience because everything is a sin. "
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Fear
" We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to. "
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" 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. "
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Change
Fast
Brand
" I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots. "
Donatella Versace
Old
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" A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. "
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" In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine. "
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You
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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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Like
Life
You
" 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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Design
Know
" To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music. "
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Define
Live
How
" 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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Believe
Know
Vegetables
" 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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Table
Love
Sitting
" I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. "
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" I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There's so much more to it than knitwear - it's an amazingly versatile material and can be used in so many different ways from chic to rustic. "
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" Fashion is not frivolous. "
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Frivolous
Fashion
" 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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Creativity
Time
You
" I like perfume and flowers. "
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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 find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two. "
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Man
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" Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas. "
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Creativity
" Let's just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty - I think it really comes from the inside out. "
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Inside
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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. "
Donatella Versace
Mother
Children
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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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" Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand. "
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