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Can Versace Grow a Business as Big as Its Brand?

4 March 2021 • By Robert Williams

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Can Versace Grow a Business as Big as Its Brand?

CEO Jonathan Akeroyd is betting that a new signature print and marble-clad store concept will speed the Italian fashion house’s recovery from the pandemic and help scale its business.

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Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

18 May 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

To support the fight against Covid-19, European fashion companies have been doing everything from producing hand sanitiser to building new hospital wings. What’s driving these wartime-like efforts?

In the Face of a Global Crisis, What Is the Fashion Industry Doing?

25 March 2020 • By BoF Team

25 March 2020 • By BoF Team

From large hospital donations to manufacturing hand sanitiser, fashion’s biggest names are mobilising to curb the spread of Covid-19.

In the Face of a Global Crisis, What Is the Fashion Industry Doing?

From large hospital donations to manufacturing hand sanitiser, fashion’s biggest names are mobilising to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Planet Versace

22 February 2020 • By Tim Blanks

Donatella Versace put her men’s and women’s collections together on the catwalk for the first time on Friday night, but there was a whole world besides. it was spectacular on one level, but furiously diffuse on another.

Ready-to-Wear Autumn 2020

Planet Versace

Donatella Versace put her men’s and women’s collections together on the catwalk for the first time on Friday night, but there was a whole world besides. it was spectacular on one level, but furiously diffuse on another.

Bottega Veneta Sweeps The Fashion Awards

3 December 2019 • By Sarah Kent

3 December 2019 • By Sarah Kent

At the star-studded gala, guests including Donatella Versace, Tom Cruise and Rihanna celebrated fashion’s hottest talents and looked to a more inclusive future.

Bottega Veneta Sweeps The Fashion Awards

At the star-studded gala, guests including Donatella Versace, Tom Cruise and Rihanna celebrated fashion’s hottest talents and looked to a more inclusive future.

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Jennifer Lopez Wearing Versace's Jungle Dress Was Marketing Gold

23 September 2019 • By Chavie Lieber

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Jennifer Lopez Wearing Versace's Jungle Dress Was Marketing Gold

The Italian luxury label resurrected the iconic 'jungle' dress worn by Jennifer Lopez two decades ago in a show that did double duty as a promo for Google products.

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Mulling the Great Then and Now at Versace

21 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Donatella’s jungle print was the gift that kept on giving on Friday night, all the way to the fabulous finale.

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Mulling the Great Then and Now at Versace

Donatella’s jungle print was the gift that kept on giving on Friday night, all the way to the fabulous finale.

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Will Cavalli Be Able to Pull Off a Versace?

21 June 2019 • By BoF Team

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Will Cavalli Be Able to Pull Off a Versace?

With a deal to buy the beleaguered Italian house imminent, it's unclear whether Roberto Cavalli can deliver a return in a rapidly changing fashion market.

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Sensational Tension at Versace

15 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Masculine stereotypes were well and truly challenged on Donatella’s catwalk by a killer combination of rococo decoration and hormonal teen rave culture. But even her challenge was overtaken by the speed of life.

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Sensational Tension at Versace

Masculine stereotypes were well and truly challenged on Donatella’s catwalk by a killer combination of rococo decoration and hormonal teen rave culture. But even her challenge was overtaken by the speed of life.

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Versace Goes Big

23 February 2019 • By Tim Blanks

The strength of Donatella’s new work is the way she embraces it, with love and fearlessness and the same dry wit with which she deals with all the tricky propositions in her life.

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Versace Goes Big

The strength of Donatella’s new work is the way she embraces it, with love and fearlessness and the same dry wit with which she deals with all the tricky propositions in her life.