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“Gianni, This Is for You”—Donatella Versace Delivers a Moving Tribute to Her Late Brother

“This year marks the 20th anniversary of the brutal murder of Gianni Versace in broad daylight in Miami Beach. This tragic fact has brought the late designer back into the public eye, most notably as the subject of Ryan Murphy’s next American Crime Story, set to air on FX next year. Versace’s horrible death has been told and retold ad nauseam. Possibly to redress this, this evening Donatella Versace chose to stage her Spring 2018 show at Milan’s Triennale museum as a tribute to Gianni’s inspirations and creations, to celebrate “a genius … an icon … my brother.” She wanted the focus to be on his life, not his violent end, but also his feminist leanings and the eternal relevance of his designs.And so, for the first time since assuming creative direction of the company, she pulled directly from archives the key prints and pieces from the years 1991–95, the period that saw some of Gianni Versace’s most iconic collections…”