Fashion—Donate
Donatella Versace (born 2 May 1955) is an Italian fashion designer and
current Vice President of the Versace Group, as well as its chief desig
er. She owns 20% of its entire stock market assets. During the 1980s,
Donatella's brother, Gianni Versace launched a perfume dedicated to
her, Blonde, and gave her his own diffusion label, Versus. Versace took
over the label's design after her brother's murder and years of feelin
like Gianni's muse.
Early life and family
She was born in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, the youngest of fou
children in her family. Her father was a personal financier to the Italia
aristocracy. An older sister, Tina, died at the age of ten from an impro
erly treated tetanus infection. Her brother Santo Versace, owns 30%
percent of Versace stock.
Fashion debut
In the mid-1970s, Donatella followed her older brother, Giovanni
("Gianni"), to pursue knitwear design in Florence, Italy. She had planned to
work for her brother in PR, but was more valuable to Gianni as a "muse an
critic", according to her during an interview with Vogue. Through her
closeness to her brother's enterprises, Donatella pl չ