Biography gianni italy versace

Italian fashion designer (1946–1997)

This article is about the fashion designer.

Biography gianni italy versace

For his company, see Versace.

Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace (Italian:[dʒoˈvannimaˈriːaˈdʒanniverˈsaːtʃe];^[a] 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessman.

He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings and clothes. He also designed costumes for theatre and films. As a friend of Eric Clapton, Princess Diana, Whitney Houston, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Madonna, Elton John, Tupac Shakur, Joan Collins and many other celebrities, he was one of the first designers to link fashion to the music world.^[4] He and his partner Antonio D'Amico were regulars on the international party scene.^[5] The place where he was born and raised, Reggio di Calabria, greatly influenced his career.

On 15 July 1997, he was murdered out