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Yes! they need to watch back in order to move forward....I'm gonna need the BRANDING back. The campier and tackier the better.
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Yes! they need to watch back in order to move forward....I'm gonna need the BRANDING back. The campier and tackier the better.
Would you buy it though?I'm gonna need the BRANDING back. The campier and tackier the better.
I would happily buy merch with Donatella's face on it.Would you buy it though?
Yeah that doesn't work for them it's too massive of a house they need Men shows and women showsAnd we want all women. I hate when they mix both shows in one. It feels more like a trunk show and ruins the flow.
Hasn't that already happened?Can a brand like Versace be reduced to a camp cult?
They could probably lean into this now but if I recall people were upset at the DV merchandise that same from this collection. It was a menswear show I think and some of the belts etc had gothic DV hardware?
And Isabeli Fontana! I wonder what happened there, we haven’t seen her on the Versace runway since like ‘05?Casting has been problematic for years. Raf Simons type of models walking Versace ugh
We want the hunks, the brazilians back!
Apparently she had a feud with a Versace stylist back then (heard at a podcast)And Isabeli Fontana! I wonder what happened there, we haven’t seen her on the Versace runway since like ‘05?
Im glad that for a designer, the stylist is « more important » than the model…Unless its the fit model.Yeah I remember hearing something about this. I can't believe Donatella didn't step in or something Isabelli is a Versace STAPLE, right up there with Gisele.
What exactly is "trash" about Versace? It's an italian pret a porter brand that moved fashion foward just like Armani did. Many other italian designers were doing their thing in the 80's but only Versace remained relevant. The relevance of Versace among the young is something to be commended, it's rare. No other italian brand has that level of cultural relevance.Versace was actually glorious when there wasn’t a trace of Gianna Versace LMFAO
Gianni Versace is the personification of eurotrash, and neither time nor sentimentality/sensitivity to his passing has convinced me the label is anything but that. But when Donatella took the reign, and for that brief period of time in the late-90s, she elevated the brand to such impressive and unexpected highs. Unfortunate that it returned to its eurotrash roots sometime by the 2000s. The campaigns remained impressive when it was casting models and not celebs. Nowadays, it’s a pathetic eyesore through and through: Fashions, presentations, campaigns. Install Harris Reed/Law Roach/Kim Jones person as CD for all I care.
I’m presuming you’re talking about Serravalle. Been there too, and it’s horrid.I visited a big Versace outlet yesterday here in Italy... I was so disgusted and embarrassed by the ugliness of the merchandise and the poor quality of any category. I find it shameful that a brand with such a history is reduced to this, and I am angry with Donatella for accepting that it has fallen so low. My only hope is that Versace can be acquired by a conglomerate that knows how to handle a true luxury brand, but unfortunately I fear that Capri does not care and only wants to sell to whoever offers the most.
Hmm….Versace was actually glorious when there wasn’t a trace of Gianna Versace LMFAO
Gianni Versace is the personification of eurotrash, and neither time nor sentimentality/sensitivity to his passing has convinced me the label is anything but that. But when Donatella took the reign, and for that brief period of time in the late-90s, she elevated the brand to such impressive and unexpected highs. Unfortunate that it returned to its eurotrash roots sometime by the 2000s. The campaigns remained impressive when it was casting models and not celebs. Nowadays, it’s a pathetic eyesore through and through: Fashions, presentations, campaigns. Install Harris Reed/Law Roach/Kim Jones person as CD for all I care.
What exactly is "trash" about Versace? It's an italian pret a porter brand that moved fashion foward just like Armani did. Many other italian designers were doing their thing in the 80's but only Versace remained relevant. The relevance of Versace among the young is something to be commended, it's rare. No other italian brand has that level of cultural relevance.
Maybe your perception of the brand is influenced by an anglo saxonic idea of chic dressing. And it's not the first time I see people suggest that there is no elegance in Versace.
Gianni cleaned up the image of the brand already by the time of his passing.Hmm….
Gianni cleaned up the image of the brand already by the time of his passing.
And tbh the trashy, raunchy part of Versace was really like 4 years (from 1991 to 1995) of Gianni’s whole career. And it’s really more or less trashy because Versace was more nuanced than that.
And while the 1996 and 1997 collections were still bold and sexy, the informed a softer, classier side of Versace.
But it’s almost impossible for people to not associate Versace with the 1992 and 1994 collections. Those are the collections that shaped the mass’s idea of Versace.
I think Donatella’s collections in the early 2000’s didn’t helped the brand at all. Yes, she had some glorious moments (SS2001, FW2003, the Ateliers collections from 2000) but for the most part, it was too much.
And I think the persona of Donatella didn’t helped either…Despite the fact that she is an icon.
I think her collections starting from SS2007 attracted a new clientele. A lot of women who didn’t recognized themselves as Versace women had there a real fashion proposition. It was also at that time that she distanced herself from the barocco prints, the logos everywhere.
And I think there’s a real dichotomy with Versace. A lot of people enjoy the trash side for what it represents but would never wear it.
And when I think of Versace hits this decade (SS2016, FW2018 among others), I think the success was that it was bold without the trash.
But it’s different because Versace’s tackiness has always been associated with the idea of creativity. Yes, it’s sexy, tacky but it’s exquisite. I think it’s Janie Samet who said that Gianni elevated bad taste to Art.^^^ Versace is... appreciated in fashion. Just like Olivier’s Balmain and LaQuan Smith are appreciated in fashion. That doesn’t mean they’re not tacky AF, nor that I would touch their wears with a 10-mile pole LOL