Donatella Versace

“Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.”

“I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.”

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

“Fashion is not frivolous.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.”

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

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

“I like perfume and flowers.”

“I don't like my physique at all.”

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

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