Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.

I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion – he is an archetype of style.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I’m already thinking glamour.

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.

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.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer – you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.

I’m like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, ‘It’s too loud!’ But I think...

I always wear high heels – I simply feel naked without them.

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...

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

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

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

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.

It’s no good being too easily swayed by people’s opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

Let’s just say beauty inspires me. But I like all beauty – I think it really comes from the inside out.

Women should be sure of themselves because women have a lot of capacities. We can achieve so many different things that men cannot. I think women are stronger.

I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules – in an aggressive way.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new –...

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.

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

Gianni created the whole thing. I came later and helped him.

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.

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.

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

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...

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

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.

Fashion is not frivolous.

As with most things in my life, I believe you should try to enjoy yourself and never feel like you are a slave to a routine.

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

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...

Elegance is always in style for men. There are all different kinds of elegance. It can be silk, it can be a T-shirt.

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.

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...

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...

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...

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

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

I have long been a fan and enthusiast where art is concerned.

Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. 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...

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.

You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.

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...