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Donatella Versace has turned down [1] offers for a diffusion line at H&M. She told a crowd at the New York Times' TimesTalk series. "I respect everyone who does it," she said. "But the reason I didn't do it is because I work very hard to put the Versace line in the luxury section. I think to put the Versace line in H&M would confuse the brand."

Donatella Versace also talked about her life.

"I think I was very shy," she said. "I've had a lot of pain in my life. And sometimes I did that so people wouldn't get too close to me." That pain stemmed from the death of her brother Gianni, which she numbed with drugs during what she called a very lonely time in her life. "Nobody is superwoman or superman," she said. "You need to say, 'I have a problem.' And everything gets better."