Dario Vitale - Designer, Creative Director of Versace

[PDFSD]

Saturday had no POV nor direction, Dario has both and some courage to express them.

sure: one can lean on years of prada the other was deprived of any culture or concept of years at valentino ppp

one has just a more fancy packaging but both are polyester

 

[LadyJunon]

Since the one they allegedly wanted ended up staying where he is apparently (for the sake of extra $$$), I have a feeling this is going to take a minute.

I can tell that it was Mulier at Alaia.

 

[jeanclaude]

So apparently he is the new Sabato in this forum lol....

There are too many "Sabatos" nowadays to choose from...

 

[Grets]

Dario, Sean, Matthieu (maybe give him 2 years)

 

[reese06]

I don’t think he is Sabato at all. I think the show was misguided, as was the overall styling. There are great pieces but he failed at creating a cohesive world. Should’ve been tighter edit. Some pieces are actually very Donatella . He should’ve leaned into kink and sexy instead of whatever he was doing with the styling

The opening of the show was diabolical when I think about it.

 

[hamburgers]

^For someone who’s only worked at Miu Miu since 2010 there’s a suspicious amount of Prada references in there…

 

[justpassingthrough]

Far more annoyed than I probably should be

 

[PDFSD]

I don’t think he is Sabato at all. I think the show was misguided, as was the overall styling. There are great pieces but he failed at creating a cohesive world. Should’ve been tighter edit. Some pieces are actually very Donatella . He should’ve leaned into kink and sexy instead of whatever he was doing with the styling

The opening of the show was diabolical when I think about it.

these types of how to fix it was exactly the type of comments you would read everywhere when the audience has to do the home work to like or justify liking it but and if this and that is today what we simply call ancora ..again !!!

like Ancora it can be enough or ok for some or many even but strictly high fashion speaking ok is not good enough with all the means they have of archive and teams stylist and high speed internet and buying or renting of vintage etc etc

for me in 2025 if your collection looks worse than anything in the past it's just bad .

there is progress in design for all other things on this planet only in fashion its babysitting weak designers era time for a while now.

 

[jeanclaude]

The more they show closeups of those rags, the worse they look. Those details are beyond cheap.

 

[Squizree]

I'd be interested to know how HE'S taken the reception for his first effort. Surely he hasn't just buried his head in the sand and 'moved on'. Might this push him for a different approach for his second collection (if he gets one)? Is he second guessing himself?

Then again, he could be a deluded gay who will sit at his bedside mirror and whisper "I'm a STAR" to his reflection. Bless.

 

[Scotty]

TikTokers will praise anything.

 

[jeanclaude]

Then again, he could be a deluded gay who will sit at his bedside mirror and whisper "I'm a STAR" to his reflection. Bless.

I can imagine him like Buffalo Bill:

 

[brandon J pierre]

these types of how to fix it was exactly the type of comments you would read everywhere when the audience has to do the home work to like or justify liking it but and if this and that is today what we simply call ancora ..again !!!

like Ancora it can be enough or ok for some or many even but strictly high fashion speaking ok is not good enough with all the means they have of archive and teams stylist and high speed internet and buying or renting of vintage etc etc

for me in 2025 if your collection looks worse than anything in the past it's just bad .

there is progress in design for all other things on this planet only in fashion its babysitting weak designers era time for a while now.

Right why should the buyers do so much work by correcting a collection?It's just a bad collection

 

[reese06]

Well I’m not trying to “correct” the collection, just to read it clearly. The show itself was off, but the clothes had conviction and a point of view that got lost and clouded in the styling. At retail, the buyers will respond to pieces, not collections, so there is still a chance his vision can do well. There’s a difference between doing a big LVMH PR spin for mediocrity a la LVMH and their brands and being discerning enough to see when the design has substance. Vitale’s pieces had intent, they just needed better direction to match their strength. I'm not excusing him at all but I don't think it's worth him being axed.

 

[Milanese Fashion Dreams]

I cant believe im writing this on a public forum, but after seeing THAT Versace 'presentation' i started to feel nostalgic about ancoras work because in comparison it wasnt that bad at all not bad at all

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

It is not because you dislike Dario's Versace that you have to compensate it liking Sabato's Gucci.

You are at The Fashion Spot, you can hate both.🤭

 

[PDFSD]

Well I’m not trying to “correct” the collection, just to read it clearly. The show itself was off, but the clothes had conviction and a point of view that got lost and clouded in the styling. At retail, the buyers will respond to pieces, not collections, so there is still a chance his vision can do well. There’s a difference between doing a big LVMH PR spin for mediocrity a la LVMH and their brands and being discerning enough to see when the design has substance. Vitale’s pieces had intent, they just needed better direction to match their strength. I'm not excusing him at all but I don't think it's worth him being axed.

the new owner that is also his old boss thinks differently :-) as Prada son explained in the interview so it might not even be for the collection if they let him go.... but the way he left miu miu against their advice and also prada not having commision on the deal etc.

problem is intention can be admirable but the strategy of the collection is not cohesive with adv, marketing, repositioning of the brand, its a pastiche on all fronts and this compared to how miu miu formula is working is weak point and makes the value of the brand go down.

i feel they want to do it more carefully and robustly but clearly... to avoid overlap...now you have a miu miu fication of versace which is not good for miu miu or versace as they worked hard to diversify miu miu from prada already. (even if for trained eye you see overlap)

 

[FashionPower]

Miu Miu had a boom since the frayed miniskirt collection and, in general, thanks to Lotta styling, but in reality what's being sold in the stores are logo bags and logo stuff in general. Miu Miu is close to 1bil revenue thanks to the Wander bags and the logo sunglasses, not with the 15k embroidered minidresses or the 6k leather bombers, obviously.
With this Versace debut you had this 80's neon lights walker Texas ranger aesthetic that is no backed up by strong merchandise: terrible basic looking bags and no logos. Even if the show was appealing to the general public (which was not), do you really think someone would buy pieces from the collection? With no logos and no status symbol? In this economy? Give me a break already.
Most people from the fashion pack praised the show simply because it was a 180 from Donatella and we all know she was not well received / perceived by the industry: the plastic surgery madness, the superficial approach to the design, her personal style.