'There comes a moment in one's life or career when in order to evolve you need to draw a line
and acknowledge where you come from. This book is exactly this for me. In this book you find
the soul of Versace. I could not be any more proud to share it with the world' Donatella
Versace With 2.5 million copies in print each high-end cloth-bound volume in the
bestselling Catwalk series features over 1 100 looks as they originally appeared on the catwalk
styled as the designer intended and sported by the world's top models. These ten treasure
troves of inspiration are must-have references for all fashion fans and professionals.
Founded by Gianni Versace in 1978 the family-run fashion house soon grew into a symbol of high
glamour and luxury known the world over dressing the biggest personalities of the 1980s and
1990s from Madonna to Princess Diana. After Gianni Versace's tragic death in 1997 his sister
Donatella became artistic director of the brand steering it into the 21st century and
cementing its legendary status for new generations of fans. This definitive publication
opens with a concise history of the house followed by brief biographical profiles of Gianni
Versace and Donatella Versace before exploring the collections themselves organized
chronologically. Each collection is introduced by a short text unveiling its influences and
highlights and illustrated with carefully curated catwalk images that showcase hundreds of
spectacular clothes details accessories beauty looks and set designs - and of course the
top fashion models who wore them on the runway from Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer to
Jennifer Lopez and Kaia Gerber. A rich reference section including an extensive index
concludes the book. With 1200 illustrations in colour
