It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.

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

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.

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.

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.

We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.

I love the jacket with a varnish finish, a bomber. I adore the proportions, with the tight skirt, no stockings, very sexy - skirt to the knee.