VERSACE ATELIER AUTUMN/WINTER 2015

Long slashed-front dresses have one leg covered as if a trouser for contemporary attitude. Tailoring is cut away, such as a one-sided jacket held to the body by gold-buckled corsetry, or skirts peeled back to reveal the hip.

Thin strips of vinyl embroidered onto a transparent base create graphic shapes in a sheer coat or extravagant gown. A new approach to Couture, T-shirt shapes are cut and rolled to create dramatic effects and reveal the skin beneath on a variety of dresses. Embroideries are in a degrade of colour, while semi-transparent nylon is knitted with pockets of crystal metal mesh to sit sinuous on the skin.

Voluminous ball gowns of double duchesse silk coated with silicon have been shaped freely on the body for the spirit of couture today.
 “Atelier Versace is true couture. I wanted to celebrate construction and deconstruction, provoking by taking away fabric, to make couture modern.” DV

VERSACE RESORT 2015‏

Urban, bold, luxurious:  Geometric markings in graphic black and white, with a vibrant mix of beige, lilac, strawberry and lime.

A new take on tailoring, with jackets cut fluid in matt jersey are mixed with the essential new jacket in a boxy shape made modern in silk cotton.
Sportswear becomes luxe with relaxed parkas in technical fabric that shimmers, or a vivid color bomber jacket embroidered with a Medusa on the back.

Color-blocked dresses have asymmetric panels.
Pants are a key focus for tuxedo high-waist and tight leg, for day and sportswear low waist and loose.
Details are like accessories themselves, with large press studs, double gold rings with Medusa heads, and zips that are like tribal jewellery.

“This is a Versace collection for the way women live their lives today, mixing sportswear with tailoring to create a new form of luxury” Donatella Versace.

VERSACE AUTUMN/WINTER 2014 CAMPAIGN: POWER AND FREEDOM

Versace’s autumn/winter 2014 campaigns represent the power, seduction, freedom and glamour at the heart of the brand. The campaign was shot by Mert & Marcus, under the creative direction of Donatella Versace.
The women’s images are provocative and dramatic, presenting supermodels Anna Ewers and Stella Tennant in a world of femininity and strength.

Each represents the contrasting sides of a woman’s character, as seen in the collection itself: Anna stood behind glass, sensual in the fluidity of bias cut, while Stella is outside, proud in the control of military precision.