Donatella Versace defied expectations to become a fashion icon of her own

13 mars 2025 à 19:05

When she took over after her brother Gianni’s murder, few expected her to last 27 years and become a household name

News: Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative director

When Donatella Versace took over the house of Versace in the aftermath of her brother Gianni’s murder, most observers privately assumed that her reign would be no more than a postscript. The bottle-blond younger sister, with no formal training and a drug addiction that was the fashion industry’s worst kept secret, was seen as a sentimental appointment by a shell-shocked family.

She proved everyone wrong. Versace is now defined as much by Donatella as by Gianni. She steps down from designing after 27 years as an icon in her own right, one of the most successful female designers in modern fashion history. Sober for 20 years, she has steered Versace to become a global household name, valued at $2bn (£1.6bn) when it was sold to Capri Holdings six and a half years ago.

Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative director

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Par :Morwenna Ferrier

13 mars 2025 à 17:55

Sister of Gianni who took over Italian label after his murder in 1997 will become chief brand ambassador at Versace

Donatella Versace defied expectations to become a fashion icon of her own

For the first time in almost 50 years, Versace will no longer be designed by a Versace.

Three decades after she started working for the company – and 27 years after she stepped into the role of creative director after the murder of her brother, Gianni – the designer Donatella Versace has announced she is to step down from her role at the Italian brand from the end of March.

Donatella Versace steps down as head of Versace after almost three decades

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Par :Lydia Spencer-Elliott

13 mars 2025 à 15:07

Designer took the reigns of the fashion house after her brother’s murder in 1997

Think before you ink: 20 tips for beautiful tattoos you’ll never regret – from the professionals

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Par :Sarah Phillips

13 mars 2025 à 11:00

How do you choose a design you will love for life? And what can you do to cover up an old flame’s name? Top tattooists, including David Beckham’s artist, reveal all

“My customers generally come to me for my style,” says Aly Sidgwick, a tattoo artist at Take Note in Edinburgh. “I do a lot of woodland creatures, like bats, badgers and birds, and also mythical creatures.” Trawling through designs on social media can be helpful in choosing an artist, if a little overwhelming: “Work out if you want something bold and bright or soft and subtle,” says Sidgwick, “then look online and see what kind of styles there are and who does those designs in your town.” Be prepared to travel for the right artist, Sidgwick adds.

How to style the neck scarf trend this spring

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Par :Camilla Foster

13 mars 2025 à 08:45

This must-have spring essential will elevate any outfit

Tennis courts, tailoring and pole dancers: Paris fashion week the key autumn/winter 2025 collections — in pictures

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Par :Jo Jones and Helen Seamons

13 mars 2025 à 08:00

A season of debuts, intimate shows and memorable moments in the French capital

Saint Laurent closes Paris fashion week with bold statement of intent

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Par :Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

12 mars 2025 à 10:35

Broad shoulders and slim skirts reflected designer Anthony Vaccarello’s intention to create a ‘simplicity of silhouette’

Saint Laurent has cross-generational cool. On the last night of Paris fashion week, Kate Moss sat next to Catherine Deneuve, both in black tailoring, sheer blouses and high heels. Pedro Almodóvar and Rossy de Palma smiled for the cameras, while Hailey Bieber and Charli XCX kept their shades on.

Saint Laurent’s daytime silhouette this season is an inverted triangle, with broad shoulders narrowing to slim skirts and sheer tights. For evening, it flipped upside down, with slinky sweaters and grand ball skirts. The colours were of cocktail ring gemstones: emerald, sapphire, ruby and garnet.

‘They add 10 years to my age!’ What happened when a millennial and a gen Zer swapped jeans

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Par :Morwenna Ferrier and Emma Loffhagen

12 mars 2025 à 06:00

Young women wear their jeans low and ultra-baggy, while laughing at the ‘moms’ with their high waists and exposed ankles. It’s time to bring the generations together – if only to try on each other’s trousers

Every day, it feels as if social media finds new ways to let us know how old we are. Just joined TikTok? You’re probably a millennial. Wear your hair in a centre parting? Must be gen Z. Paid off your mortgage – or even have one? OK boomer.

This generational divide is particularly strong, it seems, when it comes to jeans. Look around you and you have probably noticed that younger people prefer to wear them low-rise, long-hemmed and ultra-baggy, while millennials wear them high on the waist and high off the ground – AKA the “mom jean”. TikTok is full of videos of young people mocking their elders for their jeans choices. Now even millennials are coming after their generation’s commitment to the style. “My fellow millennials,” begins a video from TikToker Indigo Tshai Williams-Brunton, “Just completely stop with the mom jeans.”

Chanel and Miu Miu close Paris Fashion Week with bows and quirks galore

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Par :Ella Walker

11 mars 2025 à 23:54

The chicest of the ‘Big 4’ fashion weeks comes to an end.

Supersized pearls and crystal bows: Chanel lures celebrity crowd to Paris

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Par :Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

11 mars 2025 à 14:32

Fashion week also brings Louis Vuitton showcasing cinematic romance of train travel

Chanel came gift-wrapped in black ribbon at Paris fashion week. The ribbon was made of steel, not silk. It was the width of a city street and 368 metres long, soaring skywards beside the long catwalk like very pretty scaffolding. The message: the house of Chanel is as tough as it is chic.

New designer Matthieu Blazy is expected to take up his role next month, by which time Chanel will have been without a creative lead for almost a year. This design vacuum poses a challenge for the house, but Chanel still has a star designer – albeit one who has been dead for 54 years.

‘The 1980s turned out to be magic’: David Bailey on the era of excess – in pictures

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Par :Guardian Staff

11 mars 2025 à 08:00

Icons such as Tina Turner and Jerry Hall brought zinging colour to the iconic photographer’s work during the decade of decadence, but his intimate family shots captured a tenderness, too

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