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15:01, 23-Sep-2017
Supermodel reunion at blockbuster Versace tribute in Milan
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Donatella Versace authored the defining moment of Milan fashion week on Friday
with a blockbuster show honoring her late brother Gianni which closed with a
surprise supermodel reunion that brought the cheering crowd to its feet.
Security guards had to brush back the audience as it rushed the catwalk once a
white curtain at the head of the room peeled back at the end of the catwalk show
to reveal the guests of honor.
The supermodel showing comes as a surprise at the close of Fashion Week. /AFP Photo
The supermodel showing comes as a surprise at the close of Fashion Week. /AFP Photo
Out stepped Cindy Crawford, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer in a gold lame as the George Michael anthem "Freedom '90" pounded from the sounded system.
"Gianni this is for you," a voice declared throughout the show, which featured absolute greatest hits of the murdered designer's canon. There were his iconic baroque designs on a dress and trouser combinations, a glittering number bearing Andy Warhol's pop art Marilyn Monroe and rock'n'roll leather adorned with shimmering tassels.
It was all done before a starry crowd including Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Kardashian mum Kris Jenner and Gucci creative mastermind Alessandro Michele.
The supermodel showing comes as a surprise at the close of Fashion Week. /AFP Photo
The supermodel showing comes as a surprise at the close of Fashion Week. /AFP Photo
On July 15 the two-decade anniversary came and went for the murder of Versace,
who was gunned down on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion. The murderer,
27-year-old Andrew Cunanan, took his own life after an inexplicable crime spree
that killed at least five people.
"We pay homage to not only (Gianni's) artistic genius but to who he was as a
man, and above all, as my brother," said Donatella in her notes on the
Spring/Summer 2018 collection.
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Source(s): AFP