Donatella Versace

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

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

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.

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

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

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.

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.

People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

In fashion, women have more sensitivity, more sense of the body, so they know how things fit and feel. Yet there are not many women who study fashion. It's ridiculous.

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

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.