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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

The 2017 BoF 500 Revealed

The Business of Fashion is proud to unveil the fifth annual BoF 500, a hand-selected community of the people shaping the global fashion industry in 2017.

News & Analysis

The 2017 BoF 500 Revealed

The Business of Fashion is proud to unveil the fifth annual BoF 500, a hand-selected community of the people shaping the global fashion industry in 2017.


News & Analysis

Fashion's Toon Town

From Karl Lagerfeld to Anna Wintour, why is the fashion industry’s elite so dedicated to uniform dressing? BoF's newest columnist, ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, has the answer.

News & Analysis

Fashion's Toon Town

From Karl Lagerfeld to Anna Wintour, why is the fashion industry’s elite so dedicated to uniform dressing? BoF's newest columnist, ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, has the answer.


News & Analysis

As Versace Denies Virgil Abloh Rumours, What Should Donatella Do Next?

Versace has been seeking a creative director as Versace gears up for significant expansion ahead of a still-planned, albeit significantly delayed, initial public offering.

News & Analysis

As Versace Denies Virgil Abloh Rumours, What Should Donatella Do Next?

Versace has been seeking a creative director as Versace gears up for significant expansion ahead of a still-planned, albeit significantly delayed, initial public offering.


News & Analysis

BoF’s Fantasy Fashion Draft Picks

Where should fashion’s cohort of free agent designers land? BoF pairs the industry’s top creative talent with houses in need of a creative jolt.

News & Analysis

BoF’s Fantasy Fashion Draft Picks

Where should fashion’s cohort of free agent designers land? BoF pairs the industry’s top creative talent with houses in need of a creative jolt.


News & Analysis

Julianne Moore to Receive Inaugural Franca Sozzani Award at Venice Film Festival

The award, which will be presented on September 1, is a tribute to the late Vogue Italia editor-in-chief, who passed away in December last year.

News & Analysis

Julianne Moore to Receive Inaugural Franca Sozzani Award at Venice Film Festival

The award, which will be presented on September 1, is a tribute to the late Vogue Italia editor-in-chief, who passed away in December last year.


Fashion Week

Alien Queens at Versace

The sense of occasion that permeated Donatella Versace’s new couture collection transcended the banalities of red carpet cliché.

Fashion Week

Alien Queens at Versace

The sense of occasion that permeated Donatella Versace’s new couture collection transcended the banalities of red carpet cliché.


Fashion Week

In Control at Versace

The clothes felt a bit like old friends, pinstripes and rococo silk prints being pillars of Versace’s menswear for decades. But they’d been refreshed, untucked and reconstituted in new ways.

Fashion Week

In Control at Versace

The clothes felt a bit like old friends, pinstripes and rococo silk prints being pillars of Versace’s menswear for decades. But they’d been refreshed, untucked and reconstituted in new ways.


News & Analysis

How Naomi Campbell Found Her Footing

As she prepares to host her latest Fashion for Relief fundraiser at the Cannes Film Festival, the supermodel tells Tim Blanks about the personal resonance behind her philanthropic work.

News & Analysis

How Naomi Campbell Found Her Footing

As she prepares to host her latest Fashion for Relief fundraiser at the Cannes Film Festival, the supermodel tells Tim Blanks about the personal resonance behind her philanthropic work.


News & Analysis

Beyond Fashion Month, Support #TiedTogether Around the World

BoF has reached its goal of raising $50,000 for The American Civil Liberties Union and UN Refugee Agency — but our work is not done.

News & Analysis

Beyond Fashion Month, Support #TiedTogether Around the World

BoF has reached its goal of raising $50,000 for The American Civil Liberties Union and UN Refugee Agency — but our work is not done.


Retail

How 'Brazil's H&M' Defied the Recession

Fast fashion giant Riachuelo has been turning a profit and expanding rapidly. But how did the billion-dollar giant navigate the country’s crisis?

Retail

How 'Brazil's H&M' Defied the Recession

Fast fashion giant Riachuelo has been turning a profit and expanding rapidly. But how did the billion-dollar giant navigate the country’s crisis?


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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