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\n\tDARIO\u2019S FIRST:<\/strong> Dario Vitale\u2018s first collection for Versace will not be presented through a runway fashion show, according to sources. <\/p>\n \n\tAsked for a comment, a Versace representative confirmed and said Vitale\u2019s debut collection \u201cwill see the house host an intimate event, honoring the past and envisioning the future,\u201d scheduled on Sept. 26 in Milan. The city\u2019s Fashion Week is expected to run Sept. 23-29 but the calendar has not been released yet.<\/p>\n \n\tThe spring collection will be unveiled through a presentation and, according to sources, there is a video component. <\/p>\n \n\tThis is a new development for Versace, which has over the years staged fashion shows with major models and friends of the house ranging from Demi Moore and Elton John to Miley Cyrus and Anne Hathaway, even enlisting Jennifer Lopez and Dua Lipa to walk the runways.<\/p>\n \n\tIn March, Donatella Versace was named chief brand ambassador of the fashion house she has helped grow on her own for the past 28 years, following the death of her brother Gianni. Her last show was paraded in Milan in February for fall, hinging on the house\u2019s bold, baroque prints. The designer was succeeded by Dario Vitale, named chief creative officer, on April 1.<\/p>\n \n\tVitale was previously Miu Miu\u2019s ready-to-wear design director and left the company in January.<\/p>\n \n\tIn April, after months of speculation,\u00a0Prada\u00a0finally confirmed it was acquiring 100 percent of\u00a0Versace\u00a0from Capri Holdings for 1.25 billion euros. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n \n\tAnnouncing the deal, Lorenzo Bertelli, head of CSR at\u00a0Prada\u00a0Group, said: \u201cI think we don\u2019t need to change the brand, we need to just evolve it and make the right things happen and together bring back Versace to be a huge success. So we need just to be patient, and we know very well that there is no one single ingredient for success.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tDuring a conference call with analysts at the time, Prada Group CEO Andrea Guerra underscored that Vitale\u2019s exit from Miu MIu was \u201chis own decision, independent and very personal,\u201d and that it was not the harbinger of this acquisition.<\/p>\n \n\tPressed for further comment on finding Vitale at Versace, Guerra said, \u201dWe are happy to find him as a trusted pair of hands in such an important position for the future of the brand, we are very happy to really welcome all the team, wherever they are in the world and whatever they\u2019re doing. We really need to be warm and give everyone the opportunity to show their impact and their talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DARIO\u2019S FIRST: Dario Vitale\u2018s first collection for Versace will not be presented through a runway fashion show, according to sources. Asked for a comment, a Versace representative confirmed and said Vitale\u2019s debut collection \u201cwill see the house host an intimate event, honoring the past and envisioning the future,\u201d scheduled on Sept. 26 in Milan. The city\u2019s Fashion Week is expected to run Sept. 23-29 but the calendar has not been released yet. The spring collection will be unveiled through a presentation and, according to sources, there is a video component. This is a new development for Versace, which has over the years staged fashion shows with major models and friends of the house ranging from Demi Moore and Elton John to Miley Cyrus and Anne Hathaway, even enlisting Jennifer Lopez and Dua Lipa to walk the runways. In March, Donatella Versace was named chief brand ambassador of the fashion house she has helped grow on her own for the past 28 years, following the death of her brother Gianni. Her last show was paraded in Milan in February for fall, hinging on the house\u2019s bold, baroque prints. The designer was succeeded by Dario Vitale, named chief creative officer, on April 1. Vitale was previously Miu Miu\u2019s ready-to-wear design director and left the company in January. In April, after months of speculation,\u00a0Prada\u00a0finally confirmed it was acquiring 100 percent of\u00a0Versace\u00a0from Capri Holdings for 1.25 billion euros. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025. Announcing the deal, Lorenzo Bertelli, head of CSR at\u00a0Prada\u00a0Group, said: \u201cI think we don\u2019t need to change the brand, we need to just evolve it and make the right things happen and together bring back Versace to be a huge success. So we need just to be patient, and we know very well that there is no one single ingredient for success.\u201d During a conference call with analysts at the time, Prada Group CEO Andrea Guerra underscored that Vitale\u2019s exit from Miu MIu was \u201chis own decision, independent …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}