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Lady Gaga by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Versace Spring/Summer 2014 Ad Campaign

Lady Gaga for Versace Spring/Summer 2014 Ad Campaign

November 24, 2013 by The CoF

The first image of the new advertising campaign of Versace for spring/summer 2014 stars the mother of little monsters ,Lady Gaga. Gaga wearing a dress from the spring 2014 collection was photographed by the duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott looking very much like the sister of Gianni Versace, Donatella. The cooperation of the singer with the Italian fashion house began three years ago .In 2011, Lady Gaga appeared dressed in garments from the last collection designed by Gianni Versace, in her […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: ad campaign, Donatella Versace, Lady Gaga, Mert & Marcus, Photography, spring/summer 2014, Versace

“Amaaazing” by David Bailey for Vogue UK July 2013

June 1, 2013 by The CoF

Vogue UK July 2013 issue: Fashion Celebrities: Mario Testino, Sam McKnight, Cara Delevingne, Charlotte Tilbury, Paul Smith, Alexa Chung, Alber Elbaz, Tom Craig, Tamara Mellon, Alexandra Shulman, Natalie Massnet, Livia Firth, Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Kane, Katharine Hamnett, Susie Lau, Anna Dello Russo, Garance Doré, Perry Oosting, Michael Kors, Yasmin Le Bon, Erdem Moralioglu, JW Anderson, Mary Katrantzou, Jonathan Saunders & Donatella Versace Photographer: David Bailey

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Cara Delevingne, David Bailey, Donatella Versace, July 2013, Mario Testino, Photography, vogue uk, Yasmin Le Bon

Drawn to Fashion : A sketchbook from V Magazine Summer 2013

May 24, 2013 by The CoF

The spring/summer 2013 issue of V Magazine is for the first time complete with a sketchbook – a supplement that consists entirely of fashion illustrations and therefore has been called Drawn To Fashion. On its cover – Donatella Versace’s illustrations of the Spanish artist based in London, Ricardo Fumanal. The readers will find the material “Face of the Future”, the best images of the autumn/winter 2013-2013 collections and their creators – Miuccia Prada, Rei Kawakubo, Sarah Burton and Phoebe Philo. I […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Art, Donatella Versace, illustration, Jamie Lee Rearden, Ricardo Fumanal, Robert Risko, Sketches, spring/summer 2013, v magazine

Versace:The Soho Edition

January 10, 2013 by The CoF

How amazing are these Versace t-shirts? Emblazoned with signature Versace prints and retro-fabulous imagery from the brand and exclusively available online at the Versace store, they’re bringing a little Miami heat into our lives. They’re part of a limited-edition capsule collection that reworks classics from the Versace archive. In Donatella’s words: “Versace has always been about the blending of influences – fashion mixed with music, dance, art and celebrity and my new SoHo editions will represent 100% this legacy.” uk.versace.com

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Donatella, Donatella Versace, Miami, Posters and Prints, Shopping, SoHo, Versace, Visual Arts

Versace Pre-Fall 2013

January 6, 2013 by The CoF

Photo by Andrea Delbò Striking a mood between baroque and rock, Donatella Versace named her pre-fall collection “Barock.” She played with the house’s iconic emblems to enrich the daywear-focused lineup, putting the shoulders — strong, but never too exaggerated — in the limelight and keeping pants slim. The clean pieces were embellished with opulent decorations, such as baroque embroideries made with flattened gold thread on denim pants, jackets and tops. Leopard patterns also were prominent and came printed on a […]

Categories: Beauty, Fashion • Tags: Baroque, clothing, Donatella Versace, Italian fashion, Medusa, Shopping, Versace

Tribute To Gianni Versace

December 2, 2012 by The CoF

Gianni Versace’s clothes are known for their striking colours, materials and cuts: sexy to the point of vulgarity. Like all good Italian boys, Gianni Versace learnt from his mother, who taught him first to cut and then make clothes, as she ran a small tailor-shop to support the family. Gianni loved designing the clothes himself and soon he was selling them out of his mother’s shop. He moved on, furthering his understanding of the rag trade by working as a […]

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