Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.
Interpretation
Embracing one's femininity can enhance a woman's career rather than hinder it.
In this quote, Donatella Versace emphasizes that women should be confident in expressing their femininity in the workplace, as it can be a source of strength and empowerment. She critiques the outdated notion that dressing in a traditionally masculine way is the only means to appear powerful in a professional setting, suggesting that authenticity and individuality should be valued instead.
In practice
Using this quote during a women's leadership conference to inspire attendees.
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 in a way that you like.
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 I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated.
A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. I look for that special piece that sets the watch apart from the norm. I want to have something unique that differentiates itself with style and glamour.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.
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 children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life.
Do not underestimate me. I believe that as a woman, a progressive, and a Minnesotan, I have a lot to contribute and I am so ready to do that work.
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
I say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State.
I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.
Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit
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