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25 FEBRUARY 2005 |
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Donatella Versace will have been pleased to see her label's most famous fan sitting in the front row when she presented her winter 2005 collection. Liz Hurley was greeted by a blaze of flashbulbs when she arrived for the Italian fashion house's show in Milan.
Liz's fondness for Versace's swirling designs and vibrant colours is well-known. Indeed it has even been reported that Donatella is to design two wedding gowns for her British friend. According to press reports Liz and her boyfriend Arun Nayar are planning two ceremonies - one in India and one in Britain – with the Italian designer creating a red sari for one event and an elegant white dress for the other.
Donatella will be hard-pushed to match the impression the label made back in 1994, though, when Liz made headlines with the figure-hugging black number held together with safety pins that she wore to the premiere of Four Weddings And A Funeral.
By comparison, the new collection was rather more wearable, albeit equally glamorous. Donatella's models sashayed down the runway in a series of ensembles which traded the house's trademark raunchiness for a sophisticated new flavour. "It is cool rather than chic," said the 49-year-old designer afterwards. "I hate chic - it's such an outdated concept." |
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 | The British star looks on as a model sashays down the runway in a number from the new Versace collection. The new line was marked by understated elegance rather than the raunchiness of previous years
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 | Current head of the label Donatella says she wants to make clothes more accessible. "It is cool rather than chic," she says. "I hate chic. It's such an outdated concept"
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