A Dress Fit For A Fairy-Tale Princess—Courtesy Of Donatella Versace
Cheburashka. Bremenskie Muzikanti. If you have a hard time pronouncing the table names at Natalia Vodianova’s White Fairy Tale Love Ball, you won’t be alone. “Natalia is driving the calligrapher crazy,” Giancarlo Giammetti said yesterday at his Left Bank home. The Russian supermodel is, as she put it, “in the last few hundred yards of [...]
H&M Announces Its Newest Collaborator: Versace
The Swedish mega-retailer looks to be on a roll. After the success of its stampeded-for Lanvin for H&M collection, the company announced today that its designer collaborator for Fall 2011 is none other than Versace.According to Donatella, the collection for H&M will be “quintessentially Versace,” inspired by the archives, and including clothing, shoes, accessories, and [...]
Donatella On Riccardo, The New Faces
Of Cacharel, LVMH Opens Up, And More…
Donatella Versace wants to know—along with the rest of the world—will Riccardo Tisci (left) do Dior? She asks the Givenchy designer the burning question in conversation for the new Interview. Alas, Tisci doesn’t give her the scoop, but he does open up about his current music obsession, Nicki Minaj, as well as old favorites [...]
Donatella Versace Wants Even Your Furniture To Be Sexy
Interiors della Versace follow one basic principle—the same one, in fact, that guides the label’s ready-to-wear. “Versace is all about glamour and sexiness, and so my interior design is based on the same vision,” Donatella Versace explained to Style.com today, on the eve of presenting her new Versace Home collection at Milan’s Salone del Mobile. [...]
MObama Flies (To) The Koop; Versace Gets Versus; Terry And Gaga, Together Again; And More…
The latest Beltway power struggle is taking shape—and this one’s got nothing to do with elected office. As has been rumored for months, Chicago boutique owner Ikram Goldman is no longer Michelle Obama’s “shopper in chief”—that duty now falls to her former assistant, Meredith Koop. [Washington Post]Versus’ fortunes have been on the rise these past [...]
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Betty Draper may favor sixties style, but January Jones is a girl of the aughts—she goes for Versace. The Mad Men star is, according to Donatella Versace, “the most glamorous American actress,” which is why she picked the Golden Globe nominee to wear Versace bags and shoes—and not much else—in the label’s Spring 2011 accessories [...]
January Heats Up; Anna Dello Russo: The Early Years; Gemma Ward At Sea; And More…
January Jones’ first campaign for Versace has leaked, and she’s no repressed housewife here. The woman best known as Mrs. Betty Draper Francis was shot by Mario Testino in nothing but a bag and a pair of shoes. “I am always on the lookout for the next Versace blonde,” Donatella Versace told WWD. “She is [...]
St.-Trop. To MePa, Copping Chez Coco, Versace Keeps Up With The Jones, And More…
It never goes far out of style, but Saint-Tropez enjoyed a renewed moment in the sun this past Resort season, when Karl Lagerfeld led the troops there for his collection presentation. Didn’t make it? Neither did Jeffrey Kalinsky, owner of New York and Atlanta’s Jeffrey boutiques—so Chanel is setting up a six-week pop-up shop modeled [...]
School’s In Backstage At Versus
Francesca Versace—yes, of those Versaces—writes in from her jaunts around Milan fashion week.
I did a double take when I got to the Versus show at Teatro Versace yesterday—the yard, the grass, the playground equipment. But once I got backstage and saw the collection and the young models, it all made sense. We’re back in school—fitting [...]
The View From Backstage At Versace
Francesca Versace—yes, of those Versaces—writes in from her jaunts around Milan fashion week.
It’s pouring in Milan, but nothing stops a Versace show. I head over to the Versace Teatroù in the flirty, electric blue Versus dress I decided on. Why not add a bit of thunder to all the rain?I arrive at the show and [...]





