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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Scarlett Conlon Milan

Versace’s Dario Vitale evokes spirit of Gianni with suggestive debut

A composite image comprising three models walking at Versace. They are dressed in brightly coloured clothes, the women in capri pants and the man in long yellow trousers.
Vitale’s Versace’s debut was a bold statement inspired by the clothes his mother wore in the 80s and 90s. Composite: Versace

If there was any question that Versace would lose any of its racy spirit under the new creative direction of Dario Vitale, who made his debut at the storied Italian house on Friday night, he made it clear that he intends to keep sex very much on the agenda.

“To me, it’s not the sex itself, but the experience of it,” he said backstage of his approach. “For me, when you have good sex it’s about the tactile aspect of it, the souvenir of the day after, so it’s more the idea of something than the thing itself.”

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