What is Versace?
[[File:Versace old logo.svg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Gianni Versace S.p.A. logo}}]] '''Versace S.p.A''', usually called '''Versace''', is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[luxury]] [[fashion design|fashion house]].<ref name=IBP71>''Singapore Clothing and Textile Industry Handbook'' (Washington DC: USA International Business Publications, 2009), p. 71</ref> It was [[wikt:found|found]]ed by [[Gianni Versace]] in 1978.<ref name=gianniversacheBIO>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/gianni-versace-9517836 |title=Gianni Versace Biography |website=Bio |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> One of the [[logo]]s of the brand represents the [[head]] of [[Medusa]].<ref name=gianniversacheBIO/> Since the death of [[Gianni Versace]] in 1997, [[Donatella Versace]] is the [[artistic director|head of designs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/donatella-versace-21330707 |title=Donatella Versace Biography |website=Bio |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> Her daughter [[Allegra Versace]] owns half of the company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/nyregion/a-new-half-owner-for-versace-and-she-s-almost-18.html?_r=0 |title=A New Half-Owner for Versace, and She's Almost 18 |author=Cathy Horyn |date=June 15, 2004 |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commons cat}} [[Category:1978 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Italian fashion houses]] [[Category:Companies based in Milan]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Italy]] {{europe-stub}}