Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace (born May 2, 1955) was an Italian fashion designer and current Vice-President of the Versace Group, as well as chief designer. She owns 20 percent of the entire stock market assets of Versace. His brother, Santo Versace, owns 30 percent. Donatella's daughter Allegra Versace inherited 50% of the shares of the company after the death of Gianni Versace, Donatella's brother and Versace's founder.


personal life
Versace was born in the Italian city of Reggio di Calabria, the youngest of four children in his family. Her father is a private investor for Italian aristocracy. A sister, Tina, died at the age of twelve from tetanus infection is not properly treated. In the mid-1970s, Donatella followed her older brother, Giovanni ("Gianni"), to pursue knitwear design in Florence, Italy. Donatella had planned to work for her brother as Public Relations, but she was more valuable to Gianni as "inspiration and critic," according to Donatella during an interview with Vogue Through its proximity to the company's sister., Donatella plunged into the fashion world. A decade later, during the 1980s, Gianni launched a perfume dedicated to her, Blonde, and provides its own diffusion label, Versus, which remains well-known Versace inner line.

Gianni Versace Murder
On July 15, 1997, outside the rebuilt Versace Mansion, also known as Casa Casuarina, in Miami, Florida, Gianni Versace was shot dead by Andrew Cunanan. A multi-continent search ensued for the suspected spree killer, but Cunanan avoided capture by committing suicide a few days after the death of Gianni Versace. In the aftermath of the murder publicized and hunting, most of the Versace family (including Donatella) moved temporarily to a secluded private resort in the Caribbean, canceling the Versace Spring-Summer 1999 Collection as well as their direct operations of the company.

Official funeral of Gianni Versace was held in Milan Cathedral. More than 2,000 mourners attended the traditional Catholic service, which was also broadcast to millions of viewers around the world. Among the many famous fashion designers and other celebrities in attendance were Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Diana, Princess of Wales, Naomi Campbell, Madonna, Courtney Love, Luciano Pavarotti, Carla Fendi and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, while Elton John and Sting perform music setting of Psalm 23.

career

She has held cameo performances in many films relating to fashion and the industry, such as Zoolander. Also, in other films, including the 2006 hit The Devil Wears Prada, the mention of "Donatella" is used sporadically. In the ABC series Ugly Betty a fictional character, Fabia, played by actress Gina Gershon, is a parody of Donatella.

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