I don’t like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.
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.
Let’s just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty – I think it really comes from the inside out.
Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
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.
Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.
I like perfume and flowers.
Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.
There’s time to slow down, after you’re dead.
I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules – in an aggressive way.
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.
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.
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.
I don’t think about making sexy clothes. It’s just my instinct to make them.
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.
Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.
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.
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.