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Donatella Versace

Artistic Director & Vice President, Versace

With verve and signature flamboyance, she picked up the pieces after her brother’s death to push the brand forward.

Donatella Versace
News & Analysis

A Woman's Work: How Women Can Get Ahead in Fashion

Women are, by far, the primary consumers of fashion, but remain underrepresented in top creative positions. On International Women’s Day, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Tory Burch, Julie de Libran and more weigh in.

News & Analysis

A Woman's Work: How Women Can Get Ahead in Fashion

Women are, by far, the primary consumers of fashion, but remain underrepresented in top creative positions. On International Women’s Day, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Tory Burch, Julie de Libran and more weigh in.


News & Analysis

Fashion Can No Longer Hide Its Dirty Secrets

From the abuse of models to sweatshop labour, the radical transparency of digital media makes it harder for fashion to hide its dark secrets.

News & Analysis

Fashion Can No Longer Hide Its Dirty Secrets

From the abuse of models to sweatshop labour, the radical transparency of digital media makes it harder for fashion to hide its dark secrets.


Fashion Week

Tim's Take | Versace Autumn/Winter 2017

Watch Donatella Versace speak to Tim Blanks about Versace's latest Autumn/Winter 2017 collection

Fashion Week

Tim's Take | Versace Autumn/Winter 2017

Watch Donatella Versace speak to Tim Blanks about Versace's latest Autumn/Winter 2017 collection


Fashion Week

At Versace, Aspiration and Uplift

Donatella Versace is doing the thing she knows best: masterminding collections of clothing that embody aspiration and uplift.

Fashion Week

At Versace, Aspiration and Uplift

Donatella Versace is doing the thing she knows best: masterminding collections of clothing that embody aspiration and uplift.


News & Analysis

Halfway Through Fashion Month, Here's an Update on #TiedTogether

Join us as we take this initiative one step further: the more you post, the more money we raise together for the UNHCR and ACLU.

News & Analysis

Halfway Through Fashion Month, Here's an Update on #TiedTogether

Join us as we take this initiative one step further: the more you post, the more money we raise together for the UNHCR and ACLU.


Fashion Week

Versus’ New Generation

Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.

Fashion Week

Versus’ New Generation

Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.


Fashion Week

Dark Politics at Versace

It was easy to interpret Versace’s latest menswear presentation as a dance across the lip of the volcano that boils mere metres below us. It was dark. Violence lurked.

Fashion Week

Dark Politics at Versace

It was easy to interpret Versace’s latest menswear presentation as a dance across the lip of the volcano that boils mere metres below us. It was dark. Violence lurked.


News & Analysis

Best of BoF 2016 | Pictures of the Year

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2016. Today, we highlight some of the most memorable images.

News & Analysis

Best of BoF 2016 | Pictures of the Year

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2016. Today, we highlight some of the most memorable images.


Global Markets

Is India the Solution to Fashion’s Woes?

India remains one of the most conspicuous growth opportunities for a global luxury market stuck in a rut.

Global Markets

Is India the Solution to Fashion’s Woes?

India remains one of the most conspicuous growth opportunities for a global luxury market stuck in a rut.


News & Analysis

British Fashion Council Announces Nominees for The Fashion Awards 2016

Jonathan Anderson, Alessandro Michele and Christopher Kane have all been nominated in multiple categories for The Fashion Awards 2016.

News & Analysis

British Fashion Council Announces Nominees for The Fashion Awards 2016

Jonathan Anderson, Alessandro Michele and Christopher Kane have all been nominated in multiple categories for The Fashion Awards 2016.


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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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