After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.
I know who the Versace woman is because I wear the clothes myself.
Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! Versace! We love Versace. Versace is the greatest designer of all time!
Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.
How enlightened is wearing God like some do Versace?
Versace was and still is about the sophisticated woman who is elegant, not afraid of her own sensuality, and not afraid to dare or take risks in life.
I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on.
For me, aesthetically, Donatella Versace represent what the Italian woman is. There is always the American rock thing, the aristocratic, above-the-rest British manner, but Italy is at the heart of it.
Versace pythons. Louis Aviators. Balenciagas & they gotta be the gladiators.
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 have never been skinny. The thing is, I was in an industry where being athletic was not celebrated. I have friends who are supermodels, and I never had that body. I've never been asked to walk in a Versace show. I was doing the covers of the magazines while they were cruising the clothes down the runway, and then they'd bring me the clothes and I'd have to photograph them.
