Italian
designer Donatella Versace may be the head of a luxurious and very successful
fashion label, but she has revealed that she struggles with low self-esteem and
often believes she isn't good enough. Donatella comments that she regularly
feels very insecure and works hard to not let it get to her, however she still
often has moments of doubt: ''It's my self-esteem. I trained myself to
hide my vulnerability and my insecurity for a long time. I give in to these two
emotions only when I am alone. At the end of the day, I'm just kind of
thinking, 'Is it good enough?' The next day I wake up and I'm like, 'Oh, yeah,
that was fine.' But usually, in the evening, I have that half an hour that I
think I did everything wrong.''
Donatella
says she is even quite anti-social and likes to be alone, although she does not
mind attending fashion shows and parties when she has to: ''My
private life, nobody believes me, is really - when I finish my work, working
here, I'll go to a show or after-party, but when I get home from those things,
I lock myself in the apartment and I don't want to hear anything. I'm the most
antisocial person you can think about. Even if nobody believes me.''
Opening
up on her typical day, the designer reveals that she has a "glam
squad" who she works with on a daily basis - the team do her hair and
makeup in the morning and then she gets to work: ''I wake up very
early in the morning - 6:30 to 7 - and do a little bit in the gym. Not because
I love it but because I need to do it to keep my body healthy. And I have a
light breakfast. I have a glam squad, who help me to do hair and makeup
every morning. I don't look like this when I wake up, you know. I need a little
help. And then I go to the office and talk to my assistants, go through all the
mail. And then I go straight downstairs and just wander around.''
