Few thought that any thing from ourwardrobe, before you get on the hanger, has come a long way. Hundreds of people work on creating a certain color of the fabric, millions of dollars are spent, all to make a girl happy with a sky-blue sweater or emerald breeches. Even those who think that their fashion does not concern them are deeply mistaken. "Great-grandmother" any, even the cheapest, things were originally developed in the studios of famous fashion designers. One such person is Donatella Versace. This is the main person of the fashionable Italian House Versace, founded by her sibling.
May 2, 1955 in the Italian cityReggio di Calabria was born Donatella Versace. Biography of the girl began her story in the family of a dressmaker and a merchant. The baby was the youngest of four children. In addition to Donatella, the family had older sister Tina (died of tetanus infection at the age of twelve) and two brothers: Giovanni (Gianni) and Santo. The youngest sister was the favorite of all family members. For Gianni, she always remained a muse, companion and best critic. Already at the age of eleven, Donatella Versace with pleasure put on things that the elder brother sewed specially for her.
In the mid-seventies, the girl graduated fromUniversity and goes to Gianni, who has already settled in Florence. Donatella decides to join the business of his older brother (at that time he had already founded his fashion house) and plunged headlong into studying knitwear and mastery of cutting and sewing. Santa becomes the company's CFO.
After a while fashionable Versace House findsPR-director, who becomes Donatella Versace. In her youth she was also responsible for photo sessions and all kinds of advertising campaigns. The brother's love for his sister knows no bounds. In 1995, Gianni begins to produce perfumes dedicated to Donatella. "Blonde" - the so-called perfume, the muse for the creation of which was the youngest of the family clan Versace.
Not long before this event, the fashionable ItalianThe house begins to develop a new line of youth clothing called Versus. Donatella Versace receives the right to distribute this brand. Gianni did not lose it by inviting his closest and dearest people to the leading posts. Shortly before his death, he said that in the course of several decades the three of them managed to build what other people have been using for centuries.
In mid-July 1997, near his fashionableThe house was shot by Gianni Versace. His death gave rise to many rumors and conjectures. Some thought that it was the work of Donatella and Santo. Others preferred the version of the mafia disassembly. Anyway, but the model house Versace orphaned. For a while, all the rest of the family were isolated from society and placed in a private resort in the Caribbean. The spring show of the new collection of clothes, released by Versace, was canceled.
The funeral of the famous fashion designer was held inthe Catholic Cathedral in Milan. Sad service was visited by more than two thousand people. Giorgio Armani, Princess Diana, Karl Lagerfeld, Madonna, Naomi Campbell and many other celebrities came to the last path of Gianni Versace.
Gianni was the most important and main figure of hisfashion house. After the death of the couturier, most of the company's share went to his niece Allegre, who is the daughter of Donatella. It received about 700 million dollars. To enter into the rights the girl could only after its eighteenth birthday. In addition, Allegra received her uncle's villa on Lake Como and an apartment in the best area of Manhattan.
Donatella Versace became the main figure of the fashion house, although she inherited only 20% of the total share. The older brother of Santo got 10% more than his younger sister.
A few months after his deathbrother Donatella presented to the court of critics and spectators his first own collection. The public took the development of the designer more than reserved. However, this did not stop the temperamental Italian woman in any way. Along with the work on already launched projects, Donatella began to work on finding her own style.
In an interview she said that beforeinfinity, it is impossible to continue what Gianni started. In order to stay on the crest of fashion, it is necessary to look for new directions. The woman made her models less sexually aggressive and more feminine. However, it did not go beyond the original style. Eroticism and royal refinement have long been the main details of the recognizable image of each Versace model.
It is noteworthy that Donatella is the firstcouturier, who began to invite as models for his celebrity shows. Thus, she carried out the process of transferring her collections to society. Following Donatella success of this operation was repeated and her brother, who is the owner and lead designer of another branch of Versace House "Finanziaria Versace".
After a while, thanks to its extensiveDonatella showed the world the beauty and elegant style of collections of family business. She distributed the Versace label around the world, favoring the European and American segments. For her shows, Donatella initially attracted friends: Jennifer Lopez, Demi Moore, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Jonath Rice-Myers. Then they were joined by other stars included in the so-called "A-list". Gradually, many of the "inhabitants" of Hollywood became the faces of Versace.
The popularity of Donatella and the entire fashion house grew after the woman created the famous "jungle dress", which shone Jennifer Lopez at the Grammy music award in 2000.
Currently, the fashion house Versace has gathered underits roof more than forty stylists and fashion designers. Twenty lines of clothing are being developed here. Three hundred boutiques and more than three thousand outlets with this name around the world are presenting "freshly baked" novelties to the buyers' court.
Of course, the death of Gianni Versace shookposition of the Fashion house. However, soon the efforts of Donatella image and position were restored. Continuing the traditions laid by his brother, the premieres of their own collections, the fashion designer also invited celebrities. Sir Elton John, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kate Moss and many others were regular guests of the shows that Donatella Versace arranged. Photos from many premier demonstrations abound with smiles of Hollywood and European celebrities, among which even Prince Charles flashed.
The popularity of the fashion house Versace is growing.Donatella is still surrounded by a crowd of admirers and admirers of her talent. The fashion designer has a son, Daniel and daughter Allegra. With her husband Paul Bek, a fabulous life together did not work out. The spouses eventually divorced.
It is worth noting that currently Donatellawas carried away by plastic operations. Of course, if the appearance of the couturier was changing for the better, no one would even pay attention to this fact. But the figure and face of the once pretty Italian woman has changed dramatically, and not for the better. Donatella Versace before the operation was pretty nice. Facelifts, injections of Botox, silicone implants somewhat disfigured her, making it look like an aged Barbie doll. Donatella Versace herself acknowledged the mistakes made. Before and after surgery, you can see the woman in the photo (from right to left).
The fashion designer says that too late realized that first of all she is the mother of two children. Aspiration to become Barbie killed in her the nature presented by womanhood.
