The creative director will be replaced after nearly 30 years as the figurehead of the troubled Italian company she inherited from her murdered brother.
Jennifer Lopez and Donatella Versace recreate the singer’s red-carpet Grammy moment on the Milan runway in 2019. AP
Donatella Versace, who, after almost 30 years as creative director and figurehead of the label her brother Gianni founded in 1978, has announced she is stepping down to be succeeded by Dario Vitale after reportedly “clashing” with the owners. The news was not unexpected.
Untrained and for a long time, unserious, she was never meant to become one of the most famous designers in the world.
