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Atelier Versace
Designer: Donatella Versace

• “It was high octane glamor for Donatella Versace, who kicked off the haute couture season with a front row of celebrities and a sculpted razor-sharp set of silhouettes.” [The Associated Press]
• “It’s not always easy making couture look modern, let alone relevant to anyone other than a Hollywood stylist looking to bag a haul of red carpet show-stoppers. But Versace’s pinstripe suiting, threaded, like the denim pieces, with real gold looked sharp and, depending on your profession, business like, and the balance between the ethereal light fabrics and architectural shapes was well handled.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “It’s safe to say that Versace chainmail is as razzle-dazzle spectacular now as it ever was.” [Grazia Daily]
• “Hello! Oscar calling! No Donatella, not Oscar de la Renta—he’s taken John Galliano for an internship. This is the Big Oscar. The one that every star in the world dresses up for. And I cannot tell you how much we are LOVING your Versace Atelier collection.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “Most of Donatella Versace’s latest designs had some geometric element, whether in the cutting or embroidery. A black, so-called ‘anatomical dress’ with gold pin-striping, black fox nestled on the shoulders, and a slash of bare flesh from cleavage to hip done, seemed made for Jennifer Lopez.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “This was Versace old school style, so legitimate that Stella Tennant and Kristen McMenamy were there beside Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls.” [SHOWstudio]
• “It was appropriate to show this collection in a temple to Mammon: Versace used her Midas touch to turn everything to gold.” [Vogue.com]
• “This was a full-blown Versace fest, taking all the traditional Versace ingredients—sequins, bling and neon—and wrapping it up in lashings of gold.”” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Is elegance essential to haute? Intentionally or otherwise, Donatella Versace posed that question via the Atelier Versace collection she showed on Sunday night to open the spring couture season. Though her program notes referenced an architectural inspiration and the contrast of fragile glass against iron and steel beams, this show was really about one thing: sexy dressing at its most upbeat and unapologetic.” [WWD]