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A designer to celebrities and royalty such as Princess Diana, Gianni Versace brought vitality and art to an industry considered out of touch with street culture. Olivia Rodrigo —. Megan Thee Stallion —. Bowen Yang —. In less than twenty years he had created an international company that put Italy on the fashion map and forged an unrivalled reputation for luxury and glamour. Eclectic and profligate, he showered his clothes with references, forged unlikely alliances of materials and concepts.
He combined exquisite dressmaking with a brazen defiance of the rules of fashion. Versace was determined to enliven daywear. Combining skilful tailoring with innovative materials, Versace produced clothing that could not be ignored. In contrast, Versace investigated structure and drama in a series of severe black dresses with dual personalities.
Plain at the front, they had wickedly plunging necklines and slit skirts at the back. Cocktail dress, Spring-Summer , Versace, silver-tone Oroton. Versace was a man of inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm. Gianni was awarded the American Fashion Oscar in In the same year, he launched a series of furniture and home goods that inspired him to redesign his logo from his last name to Medusa's head. One of his most famous works was a black dress held together at the sides by gold safety pins.
Actress Elizabeth Hurley wore that dress at a movie premiere and credited it for helping make her a star.
Journalist Anna Wintour told The New York Times , Versace "Was the first to realize the value of celebrity in the front row, the value of the supermodel, and put fashion on an international media platform. Fashion fanatics could ogle over reading stories of Gianni's diverse clientele who both wore his clothing and impacted his designs.
The books included photos of famous stars, members of the Royal family, and sketches from Versace's personal collection. Men Without Ties explained Versace's approach to masculine elegance and allowed fashionistas of all kinds to pick his brain. With all of this to boot, the visionary kept dreaming Located on Ocean Drive, steps away from the Atlantic Ocean in Miami, Florida, the home was transformed from twenty-four apartments to a mansion with ten luxurious suites, eleven bathrooms, a library, and more.
The eye-catcher even received a Historic Preservation Award in for the glimmering work completed. Every detail of the mansion from the outside in was designed to Versace's liking. The pool's mosaics were constructed from one hundred million karat gold tiles that were made and imported from Italy.
The home included a sparkling pebble mosaic grotto in the dining room, mirrors from a Venetian palazzo in the drawing-room, commissioned murals on the walls and ceilings, and statues around the pool from a French chateau.
If that wasn't enough, stained glass was placed in half of the windows. Talk about a deep wallet! The fifty-four-foot-long pool was created with inspiration from a scarf in Gianni's Marine Vanuras collection. It was then deconstructed and shipped to Miami Beach in pieces where it was tediously reassembled to the designer's liking. Much of the furniture inside was upholstered in original Versace designs.
Why not be surrounded by self-made beauty? His snake-adorned Medusa head logo was placed throughout the property. Aside from the poolside mosaic garden, it appeared on gates, railings, and even shower drains!
Versace was greatly influenced by Greek mythology. Instead of hair, she had living venomous snakes. When he revamped his logo, Gianni feminized her appearance, featuring full lips and beautiful hair rather than snakes. It is said that Medusa could make you hopelessly and forever fall in love with her.
Gianni hoped this would ring true for Versace as well, and sure enough, it did! This led the designer to release a collection of outfits in made of silk with leopard skin and Medusa head prints.
Versace designated certain rooms for visiting family members and friends, with space specifically created for his brother Santo, and sister Donatella. Each room was tailored perfectly to their personalities. Hopefully he didn't play favorites! He enjoyed listening to music and reading, especially biographies of musicians.
It is thought that Versace and Cunanan met in San Francisco when Versace was there designing costumes for the opera. After a private service in Miami, Versace's remains were cremated and brought back to Italy by his siblings. In Milan, 2, mourners attended a memorial mass held in the city's gothic cathedral. Versace's fashion colleagues paid their respects, including his archrival Giorgio Armani. Versace's companion Antonio D'Amico also attended.
The three Versace siblings controlled the company, with Gianni owning 45 percent, Santo 35 percent, and Donatella 20 percent. She had taken over more of the designing in the last five years of her brother's life because of his bout with cancer of the ear. Four days before his murder, Versace signed a contract to take his company public.
The Versace family won a legal battle in to exclude the designer's medical history from the police report on the crime. The family called the allegation in Orth's book an invasion of privacy and a "scurrilous attack on the reputation of someone who was a victim of a horrible crime and is not here to defend himself. Robin Givhan wrote of Versace in the Washington Post, "Designer Gianni Versace is being mourned by the fashion industry as a fallen titan. Before Versace, there were no supermodels, no celebrities at shows and in advertising, no screaming fans.
Fashion was not entertainment, it was merely clothes. He loved celebrities and knew that they not only attracted the attention of the press, but they also helped to set trends. An exhibition celebrating the major themes of Gianni Versace's career in high fashion took place at The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 11, to March 22, The exhibition began with "Versace: The Landmarks," a mini-retrospective of the designer's major themes, including the prints, the white suit on the cover of Time magazine on April 17, , and Elizabeth Hurley's safety-pin dress.
In the second gallery, the theme "Versace and Art" traced his inspirations from Warhol and modern abstract art. The final gallery, "Versace: The Dream," featured clothing for the theater. Richard Martin, curator of The Costume Institute called the exhibit an "extraordinary reckoning, a moment of assessment and farewell.
History, Delacorte Press, All rights reserved. Made a Name for Himself Versace started designing clothes when he was Awards and Artistry In , Versace, who was always greatly concerned with his image, began a collaboration with the American photographer Richard Avedon. People, July 21,
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