Dario Vitale - Designer, Creative Director of Versace

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Is Dario the new Sabato? Many of us are discussing it as if he has already left the house.

 

[Salvatore]

I don't want to bash him completely because he might surprise us with something fantastic ..... but ..... from the first images under his tenure to the show being « cancelled » in favour of having an intimate presentation, it's not looking good. I cannot really judge him until I see his actual work, but I would love someone not afraid of high-wattage glamour, power, and sexiness for today's time at the helm.

 

[reese06]

I fear Ludovic would be more of an Anthony Vacarello than a designer. I think he could be great at building a world through imagery and vibes but he’s not much of a designer. I liked his ann demeulemeester but I wonder if he has the range to converse with more than sexy dressing.

Gianni leaned into the beauty of men and masculinity in my opinion and Ludovic is more queer in his approach to menswear. Less bravado. Gianni really celebrated men. Not saying one is better than the other. Just that his approach is different.
Can ludovic do more than erotic minimalism? I’m not so sure.

Can he handle silhouette, tailoring, proportion, innovation? Doubtful.

He would be great for creating viral moments and press but I think after a few seasons, we would see how hollow of a design language he really has

I also just realized like the other poster mentioned, we are talking as if he had already been ousted

 

[PDFSD]

Hear me out: Ludovic de Saint Sernin for Versace.






His stuff may veer too provocative to most of this forum, but I think that he has built a convincing vision for sexy glamour. The bulk of his womenswear wouldn't feel too out of place at Versace and his Gaultier show has shown that he could deliver a good Atelier Versace. His menswear might need an extra dose of masculinity, but that's minor.

it will be wang x balenciaga era for versace no pls

he has no depth nor sense of color and print and storytelling we seen it with his JPG that he was lost . Gaultier atelier saved him in construction but direction and creativity was his and that was lost.

will be same for versace with him

highest LSS could achieve is to come close to what vaccarello is doing at ysl after a hedi type designer established a clear code and he can blue print/milk the hell out of it.

in recruiting designers we have to seperate creatives that can work with in a brief and milk it , and those that have a vision of their own and overhaul the brand or recreate it .

LSS could make it in a house like AZZARO with limited brief to have a chance to be somewhat successful.

 

[PDFSD]

Is Dario the new Sabato? Many of us are discussing it as if he has already left the house.

based on their interior and art taste they are very similar both nr 1 *** kisser in company they came from nr 2 in line yet basic italian fashion gay guys one loves vans sneaker the other loves dr.martin

both are known to have no clear point of views as nr 2 (one we know now as nr1 also not , the other is TBC )

 

[Lola701]

LDSS for Versace?
I mean you have to be good in menswear too. It’s not a sexy dress contest. You need a bit more to be the CD of a house like Versace. Capri tried to dilute the heritage by bringing the Dario guy but Versace should be led by someone with a stronger POV and culture.

That being said, maybe LDSS could be an editor like what he did with AD. It was basically archived re-contextualized but I think we are done with seeing the archives of Versace at this point…Even more if it’s the same ones.

 

[reese06]

I’ll pass if this is his creative and visual direction going forward. I need energy, a soundtrack and quintessential Versace. A blowout, bronzer, I want to look at the models and hear Pat McGrath saying “it’s Versace so everyone looks dewy and healthy and bronze and dewy”


I’ll be in my room watching Versace spring summer 2005 and so on if anyone needs me.

 

[Salvatore]

Versace Fall 2002 is what I am craving desperately. In addition to the clothes being desirable, everything was working - the music, the set/runway, the hair, the makeup, the models with their walks and presence. Ugh, it was so good.

 

[Avonlea]

^ I miss tackiness and fun in fashion, but this collection was just hideous. I hated it back then, and now it's even worse.

 

[Gonzalo]

Laura Ponte is a delight , that's all

 

[Gonzalo]

Better at Philo or Prada... Snobbish things.

 

[Gonzalo]

I admire the chamaleon- like power of a model, the embodies the spirit of a brand, Laura lacks that.

 

[MaraPiovani]

anyone knows if Dario will keep working with Jacob K and PDM?

 

[LadyJunon]

anyone knows if Dario will keep working with Jacob K and PDM?

Jacob K? Probably not. PDM? Either him or Ashley Brokaw.

 

[Scotty]

Versace Fall 2002 is what I am craving desperately. In addition to the clothes being desirable, everything was working - the music, the set/runway, the hair, the makeup, the models with their walks and presence. Ugh, it was so good.

The clothes here are awful though. It's the models serving and the music carrying.

F/W 2008 is her best collection.

 

[vogue22]

She was really in her bag from Spring 04 Couture to Spring 09.

 

[jeanclaude]

I admire the chamaleon- like power of a model, the embodies the spirit of a brand, Laura lacks that.

Laura looks in the video worse than in the pics. She looks like she needs help ASAP.

 

[brandon J pierre]

^ I miss tackiness and fun in fashion, but this collection was just hideous. I hated it back then, and now it's even worse.

Are you crazy?That was one of her best.It was fabulous colors, stars the dresses at the end were magnificent, the women had confidence.And it was a little tacky but that was what made it great.

 

[brandon J pierre]

i hope they bring back some sexiness, and glam for every day.

 

[Kanzai]

Sexiness aside, if we talk about master of bad taste in 2000s and later? I would say it’s Roberto Cavalli. Surely, he’s not the showman and his brand wasn’t mean to be as impactful as Versace. Cavalli girls were both tacky and poetic at the same. See fall 2010

And I think, aesthetically, Versace is more difficult to design for since it requires both strong POV and Art direction, also the understand of pop cultures – it’s not a brand where you can freely experiment different concepts. I get why people love Versace being like those 2000s years again, but times changed, the brand must follow what supposed to be tacky/glam in 2025 (if no such aspects exist, they have to re-define them)