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Donatella Versace - Designer, Creative Director of Versace
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hi everyone! i am new to this site so i am very clueless about the posting "rules" but i am glad i finally found this thread about versace, because before, i was posting on other forums about the versace bag but i guess i wasnt suppose to.
i have a question, i saw the new madonna ad for versace, and i couldnt help but notice the white and gold tote that was in the ad with madonna. i think its so hot!! i want to know what you all think about the bag, if you think its worth the price to buy, etc. please be honest! thanks so much!!
this is the bag i am talking about:
i have a question, i saw the new madonna ad for versace, and i couldnt help but notice the white and gold tote that was in the ad with madonna. i think its so hot!! i want to know what you all think about the bag, if you think its worth the price to buy, etc. please be honest! thanks so much!!
this is the bag i am talking about:
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Are we still playing the game? lol I hope we are.. lol
If you were to design for versace what would have in your collection?
I'm no designer but it would of been good, I would of put effort in it, unlike some other people *cough* *cough*
Where would you draw inspiration from?
Different places around the world..
How would you solve finacial problems of such a special company?
Lower the prices, damn.. too expensive for normal people, a lot of poor people in the world.
Have you ever met Donatella?
No, but if I did, i'd prob. hide
Have you ever gone to Versace fashion shows?
Never been to a real good designer fashion show in my life.
Like me... do you also know any versace models?
Funny.
Do you own anything from this collection?
The tag.
Are you buying anything from next collection?
The tag.
good stuff.. thanx Versace Goddess
If you were to design for versace what would have in your collection?
I'm no designer but it would of been good, I would of put effort in it, unlike some other people *cough* *cough*
Where would you draw inspiration from?
Different places around the world..
How would you solve finacial problems of such a special company?
Lower the prices, damn.. too expensive for normal people, a lot of poor people in the world.
Have you ever met Donatella?
No, but if I did, i'd prob. hide
Have you ever gone to Versace fashion shows?
Never been to a real good designer fashion show in my life.
Like me... do you also know any versace models?
Funny.
Do you own anything from this collection?
The tag.
Are you buying anything from next collection?
The tag.
good stuff.. thanx Versace Goddess
helena
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VERSACE'S SELLING AGAIN
VERSACE announced this week that its loses for 2004 grew to £65 million as sales dipped 20.6 per cent to £216 million. The figures are no surprise, however. The company's chief executive officer, Giancarlo Di Risio, said last week that losses for the fiscal year 2004 would be greater than the £17.3 million posted for 2003, but said that this marked a turning point for Versace as it worked towards breaking even in 2007. "This is an historic transformation from a family-run company to a manager-run company," he said. "We are abiding by the same principles as a publicly listed company." Di Risio also said that a more sophisticated and "exploitable" product range as the reason for a 53 per cent surge in wholesale sales for autumn/winter 2005-6.
Same old question....what can Versace do to get back in the game??????
Same old question....what can Versace do to get back in the game??????
its really that simplehelena said:VERSACE'S SELLING AGAINVERSACE announced this week that its loses for 2004 grew to £65 million as sales dipped 20.6 per cent to £216 million. The figures are no surprise, however. The company's chief executive officer, Giancarlo Di Risio, said last week that losses for the fiscal year 2004 would be greater than the £17.3 million posted for 2003, but said that this marked a turning point for Versace as it worked towards breaking even in 2007. "This is an historic transformation from a family-run company to a manager-run company," he said. "We are abiding by the same principles as a publicly listed company." Di Risio also said that a more sophisticated and "exploitable" product range as the reason for a 53 per cent surge in wholesale sales for autumn/winter 2005-6.
Same old question....what can Versace do to get back in the game??????
IMHO I feel like there isn't any more hope for Versace. The figures speak for themselves, people are just not ecstatic about Versace anymore. Even the 'young and stupid' aren't falling for it. IF Allegra decides to start designing for it then, hopefully, it might make some improvement but even that seems unlikely.
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she should do less of these unoriginal THOUGH SEXY
clothes
and more of this IMO
clothes
and more of this IMO
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mo of what she should do
Now this not only looks Gucci ala Tom Ford but it would mos def give you a nasty fall!!!
Now this not only looks Gucci ala Tom Ford but it would mos def give you a nasty fall!!!
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i really love versace, especially this collection, for me, it's a great step for donatella, the collection looks very 'simple' and clean, and the girls, absolutley fresh, like versace never did so good before.
amazing dress & make up
amazing dress & make up
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s/s 2003 and a/w 2004
the same model and the same labe °_°
the same model and the same labe °_°
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]High sobriety[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Restrained elegance has replaced the trademark bling in Versace's new collection and revamped London store. Here, Donatella tells Stuart Husband how she turned around her life - and her brand. Fashion editor Jo Adams.[/font]
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Sunday June 19, 2005
The Observer
[/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]There's a new mood afoot at the house of Versace, and it's an unexpected one: moderation. After the financial woes, the downsizing, the familial clashes, and the admission of, and treatment for, an epic cocaine habit, Donatella Versace is heralding her 51st year with, she says, a determination to stay clean - 'I had the best time of my life on coke, but I don't want to feel that way again' - and a subtle tweaking of the Versace brand.
The most visible aspect of Donatella's hard-won taste for temperance can be seen in the stark redesign of the company's flagship stores in Milan and London's Sloane Street: all black marble, grey stucco, white ceilings, zenned-out crystal and lacquered furniture, with natural light replacing the glitterball-3am-St-Tropez sheen of yore.
'It's all going to look more streamlined,' says Donatella. 'I'm very excited about the changes at Sloane Street; it's a place that's dear to my heart, because it was our very first boutique in London.'
According to Donatella, the changes are part of 'a wider transitional period at Versace that sees us emphasising some of the core values of the brand'. Some may be surprised to hear that the values she's referring to are less rock, roll and bling, and more proportions, cut and detailing. These, she says, are the principles of her autumn/winter collection, which has received the best notices she's had for years from the fashion pack.
'We've always had tailoring at the heart of our collections, and I wanted to experiment and change the geography of the classic Versace shape,' she says. 'A silhouette with a nipped-in waist will be teamed with a wider lapel, or a sweater with volume is paired with a fitted skirt.'
More radically, 90 per cent of the collection is composed of daywear, as opposed to the slashed-and-trashed red carpet showstoppers that made Versace a byword for late-Eighties decadence; these days, Donatella waxes lyrical about 'great monogram handbags' and 'the perfect black trouser suit', which is rather like Tamara Mellon singing the praises of pull-along shoppers and Birkenstocks.
She concedes that times have been tough, both personally - 'I faced daunting challenges, but creating the collection always kept me focused' - and professionally, with many seemingly unstoppable luxury brands static or in the doldrums. 'I believe the climate is changing,' she insists. 'A couple of years ago nothing was moving in most industries, let alone in fashion, which in hard times is often seen as dispensable. Now, sales are picking up. Being dynamic and adaptable is what keeps companies vital and alive.'
Yes, she concedes, there have been times over the past few years when she's felt tempted to give it all up - 'every season, just before show time'. But, she stresses, 'My inspiration never dries up. I take it from every aspect of my life, my working day, and as a mother.'
And whatever her personal travails, Donatella's capacity for, and ability to inspire, loyalty remains paramount. When asked for her personal fashion inspiration, she names Madonna, who starred in the company's last Mario-Testino-shot ad campaign in a series of power suits. Donatella lauds 'her ability to adapt to any style, genre or period, and how she's always ahead of the game'. She also namechecks her family, 'who always tell me what I need to hear'.
It seems that what she's needed to hear recently is that she's once again up to the challenge of grinding out covetable clothes, season after season. A person of prodigious appetites, her hunger to design, she insists, is stronger than ever: 'What is difficult, but forms the challenge you face as a designer, is to define the inspiration you find around you and apply it to a collection that has to be contemporary and universal, and that can connect with our customers each season. And I feel that we now have an incredible team at the helm of Versace that allows me to focus on that.'
In other words, Donatella's back, and this time it's relatively puritanical. Versace's twisted-sobriety fightback starts here. ·Versace's redesigned store opens in July at 183-184 Sloane Street, London SW1 (020 7259 5700).
I'm not a fan , but I certainly wish Donatella well .
The firm has needed some good luck , for some considerable time .
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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]High sobriety[/font]
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Restrained elegance has replaced the trademark bling in Versace's new collection and revamped London store. Here, Donatella tells Stuart Husband how she turned around her life - and her brand. Fashion editor Jo Adams.[/font]
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Sunday June 19, 2005
The Observer
[/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]There's a new mood afoot at the house of Versace, and it's an unexpected one: moderation. After the financial woes, the downsizing, the familial clashes, and the admission of, and treatment for, an epic cocaine habit, Donatella Versace is heralding her 51st year with, she says, a determination to stay clean - 'I had the best time of my life on coke, but I don't want to feel that way again' - and a subtle tweaking of the Versace brand.
The most visible aspect of Donatella's hard-won taste for temperance can be seen in the stark redesign of the company's flagship stores in Milan and London's Sloane Street: all black marble, grey stucco, white ceilings, zenned-out crystal and lacquered furniture, with natural light replacing the glitterball-3am-St-Tropez sheen of yore.
'It's all going to look more streamlined,' says Donatella. 'I'm very excited about the changes at Sloane Street; it's a place that's dear to my heart, because it was our very first boutique in London.'
According to Donatella, the changes are part of 'a wider transitional period at Versace that sees us emphasising some of the core values of the brand'. Some may be surprised to hear that the values she's referring to are less rock, roll and bling, and more proportions, cut and detailing. These, she says, are the principles of her autumn/winter collection, which has received the best notices she's had for years from the fashion pack.
'We've always had tailoring at the heart of our collections, and I wanted to experiment and change the geography of the classic Versace shape,' she says. 'A silhouette with a nipped-in waist will be teamed with a wider lapel, or a sweater with volume is paired with a fitted skirt.'
More radically, 90 per cent of the collection is composed of daywear, as opposed to the slashed-and-trashed red carpet showstoppers that made Versace a byword for late-Eighties decadence; these days, Donatella waxes lyrical about 'great monogram handbags' and 'the perfect black trouser suit', which is rather like Tamara Mellon singing the praises of pull-along shoppers and Birkenstocks.
She concedes that times have been tough, both personally - 'I faced daunting challenges, but creating the collection always kept me focused' - and professionally, with many seemingly unstoppable luxury brands static or in the doldrums. 'I believe the climate is changing,' she insists. 'A couple of years ago nothing was moving in most industries, let alone in fashion, which in hard times is often seen as dispensable. Now, sales are picking up. Being dynamic and adaptable is what keeps companies vital and alive.'
Yes, she concedes, there have been times over the past few years when she's felt tempted to give it all up - 'every season, just before show time'. But, she stresses, 'My inspiration never dries up. I take it from every aspect of my life, my working day, and as a mother.'
And whatever her personal travails, Donatella's capacity for, and ability to inspire, loyalty remains paramount. When asked for her personal fashion inspiration, she names Madonna, who starred in the company's last Mario-Testino-shot ad campaign in a series of power suits. Donatella lauds 'her ability to adapt to any style, genre or period, and how she's always ahead of the game'. She also namechecks her family, 'who always tell me what I need to hear'.
It seems that what she's needed to hear recently is that she's once again up to the challenge of grinding out covetable clothes, season after season. A person of prodigious appetites, her hunger to design, she insists, is stronger than ever: 'What is difficult, but forms the challenge you face as a designer, is to define the inspiration you find around you and apply it to a collection that has to be contemporary and universal, and that can connect with our customers each season. And I feel that we now have an incredible team at the helm of Versace that allows me to focus on that.'
In other words, Donatella's back, and this time it's relatively puritanical. Versace's twisted-sobriety fightback starts here. ·Versace's redesigned store opens in July at 183-184 Sloane Street, London SW1 (020 7259 5700).
I'm not a fan , but I certainly wish Donatella well .
The firm has needed some good luck , for some considerable time .
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great article! i love versace, i wouldn't want it to go away.....keep it up, donatella!
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wow incredible! i admire donatella and all her stuff!!!
