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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

Raf Simons, Supreme, Virgil Abloh and Mansur Gavriel Among 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards Nominees

The annual ceremony will take place at the Brooklyn Museum on June 4.


News & Analysis

Versace and Furla Go Fur Free

Both the brands said they would stop using real fur in their collections, joining a growing list of luxury labels turning their backs on fur.

News & Analysis

Versace and Furla Go Fur Free

Both the brands said they would stop using real fur in their collections, joining a growing list of luxury labels turning their backs on fur.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2018

From a fashion month full of thought-provoking moments, BoF picks the top ten shows of the season.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2018

From a fashion month full of thought-provoking moments, BoF picks the top ten shows of the season.


Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.

Fashion Week

In Milan, the Burdens and Fantastical Flights of History

In Italy, the weight of the history can be unbearable, but Moncler and Gucci found ways to disrupt the past and give birth to the future.


Fashion Week

The Tribe of Versace

Colour and drape united the disparate strands on display — tartan armies, African graphism — and suggested new paths of exploration for the house.

Fashion Week

The Tribe of Versace

Colour and drape united the disparate strands on display — tartan armies, African graphism — and suggested new paths of exploration for the house.


Fashion Week

Tom Ford Focuses His Showman's Instincts

Ford's womenswear wavered while he honed his filmmaking. But here he tapped into an exuberant appreciation of fashion’s appeal to the senses and its power to entertain.

Fashion Week

Tom Ford Focuses His Showman's Instincts

Ford's womenswear wavered while he honed his filmmaking. But here he tapped into an exuberant appreciation of fashion’s appeal to the senses and its power to entertain.


Fashion Week

Versace’s Youth Cults

The show didn’t feel like pandering to fashion’s new millennial frontier because there was enough of Versace’s traditional decadent quirk to provide counterbalance.

Fashion Week

Versace’s Youth Cults

The show didn’t feel like pandering to fashion’s new millennial frontier because there was enough of Versace’s traditional decadent quirk to provide counterbalance.


News & Analysis

Donatella Versace Will Not Be Watching Ryan Murphy Series

The family distanced itself from the series on Monday, saying it had not authorized it and was not involved.

News & Analysis

Donatella Versace Will Not Be Watching Ryan Murphy Series

The family distanced itself from the series on Monday, saying it had not authorized it and was not involved.


News & Analysis

Versace TV Murder Series Treats Family With Kindness, Producer Says

"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" dramatizes the violent death of Versace in a shooting at his Miami mansion in 1997.

News & Analysis

Versace TV Murder Series Treats Family With Kindness, Producer Says

"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" dramatizes the violent death of Versace in a shooting at his Miami mansion in 1997.


News & Analysis

Versace Family Disowns 'Fiction' of US TV Series on Designer's Death

The nine-part series stars Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and premieres next week.

News & Analysis

Versace Family Disowns 'Fiction' of US TV Series on Designer's Death

The nine-part series stars Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and premieres next week.


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