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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
Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Spring/Summer 2017

At the end of a headline-grabbing fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Spring/Summer 2017.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Spring/Summer 2017

At the end of a headline-grabbing fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Spring/Summer 2017.


News & Analysis

The #BoF500 2016 Revealed

Today we unveil the fourth annual #BoF500, the definitive list of people shaping the global fashion industry in 2016.

News & Analysis

The #BoF500 2016 Revealed

Today we unveil the fourth annual #BoF500, the definitive list of people shaping the global fashion industry in 2016.


Fashion Week

Girls United at Versace

If it wasn’t exactly the Seven Ages of Versace we were watching, every hard-won shard of Donatella’s self-confidence was out there on the runway.  

Fashion Week

Girls United at Versace

If it wasn’t exactly the Seven Ages of Versace we were watching, every hard-won shard of Donatella’s self-confidence was out there on the runway.  


Fashion Week

Tim’s Take | Versace Spring/Summer 2017

Tim Blanks talks to Donatella Versace to decode the creative thinking behind her latest Versace collection. Watch now.

Fashion Week

Tim’s Take | Versace Spring/Summer 2017

Tim Blanks talks to Donatella Versace to decode the creative thinking behind her latest Versace collection. Watch now.


Fashion Week

A Uniform Edge at Versus

Versus is courting millennials with a fierce hunger to define themselves as individuals.

Fashion Week

A Uniform Edge at Versus

Versus is courting millennials with a fierce hunger to define themselves as individuals.


Fashion Week

Identity Theft at Paris Couture

In a couture season ‘hijacked’ by marketers, Mr Martin Margiela was at the center of the problem and the solution.

Fashion Week

Identity Theft at Paris Couture

In a couture season ‘hijacked’ by marketers, Mr Martin Margiela was at the center of the problem and the solution.


Fashion Week

Two Voices at Versace

Donatella has done such a brilliant job of bringing the house’s ready-to-wear collections down to this island earth that her couture couldn’t help but disappoint.

Fashion Week

Two Voices at Versace

Donatella has done such a brilliant job of bringing the house’s ready-to-wear collections down to this island earth that her couture couldn’t help but disappoint.


News & Analysis

Christopher Kane's Next Milestone: E-Commerce

Christopher Kane talks exclusively to Tim Blanks as he hits the next milestone in the development of his brand: e-commerce.

News & Analysis

Christopher Kane's Next Milestone: E-Commerce

Christopher Kane talks exclusively to Tim Blanks as he hits the next milestone in the development of his brand: e-commerce.


Fashion Week

Donatella Versace and Bruce Weber Reunited

It’s been 17 years since Bruce Weber and Donatella Versace last worked together. The results are an intoxicating mix of Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid, the Hubbard Street Dance Company and street-cast kids from Chicago.

Fashion Week

Donatella Versace and Bruce Weber Reunited

It’s been 17 years since Bruce Weber and Donatella Versace last worked together. The results are an intoxicating mix of Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid, the Hubbard Street Dance Company and street-cast kids from Chicago.


Fashion Week

The Perks of Being Donatella

The sheer scale of the presentation was very much in the vein of Versace’s current confident grandiosity, but that is more an accurate reflection of how Donatella feels about women. Her shaven-headed boys are simply her servants.

Fashion Week

The Perks of Being Donatella

The sheer scale of the presentation was very much in the vein of Versace’s current confident grandiosity, but that is more an accurate reflection of how Donatella feels about women. Her shaven-headed boys are simply her servants.


What is The BoF 500?

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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