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- Height1.57 m
- Donatella Versace was born on May 2, 1955 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. She is a costume designer and actress, known for Madonna: Take a Bow (1994), Needlework Pictures Presents Francesco Vezzoli in Gore Vidal's 'Caligula' (2005) and Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009). She was previously married to Paul Beck.
- SpousePaul Beck(1983 - 2000) (divorced, 2 children)
- If an artist references the Versace brand in their song, she includes it in the fashion shows or campaigns
- In 1997, following the death of her brother Gianni Versace, she became Vice Chairman and Style & Image Director of the House of Versace.
- Younger sister of the late designer Gianni Versace.
- Her daughter, Allegra, is in treatment for anorexia [March 26, 2007].
- Lady Gaga, a friend of hers, wrote the 'Artpop' (2013) song "Donatella" as a homage to the Versace creative director. Gaga said it's her "love letter" to the designer, whom she collaborated with on one of her tours wardrobe.
- Appeared with Maya Rudolph at the VH1/Vogue Fashion awards in October 2002. Rudolph has famously parodied Versace on Saturday Night Live (1975).
- You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.
- I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.
- In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.
- Die and born again, die and born again. It's the story of my life.
- During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.
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