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Okubangela umdla kakhulu, uDonatella Versace utyhile kwisityhilelo esisecaleni namhlanje ukuba sele engaphaya kokubona-ngoku-ukuthenga-ngoku. “Ndayizama ngeVersus kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo. Kwaye andazi, pfft! Utsho enyusa amagxa akhe abhityileyo enyusa amagxa. "Kungcono ukuqhubeka uhlaziya ivenkile yakho ngamaqela amancinci eempahla." UDonatella wayenomdla kumboniso wakhe wengqokelela awayeza kuyibonisa eLondon, nangona kunjalo. U-Antony Vaccarello-owashiya i-Versus e-Saint Laurent-uthatyathelwe indawo liqela elincinci langaphakathi, kwaye uDonatella ubhiyozela iminyaka engama-20 yokuqaliswa kwengqokelela ngokuthi "ubuyela kwintombazana yam Versus. Uyintombazana embi, umvukeli. Uyophula imithetho.”
Xa uBella Hadid ephuma kuqala engagqithanga kwebhatyi yesikhumba emnyama kunye neebhutsi zebhayisekile ezichunkywe, loo bhokisi yayiphawulwe kakhulu. Udadewabo kaHadid, uGigi, kunye nesoka lakhe, uZayn Malik, babemi ngaphambili, bedala i-buzz ejikeleze umcimbi, owawubanjelwe kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwe-cavernous yeYunivesithi yaseWestminster. Ukuze kufikelelwe kubaphulaphuli abancinci be-Versus-ababaziyo, mhlawumbi nabafunda ekholejini-uDonatella uthe ebesebenza ukwehlisa amaxabiso. “Umahluko phakathi kwangoku kunye nesiqalo,” watsho, “kukhona umnatha omtsha wentsimbi owenziwe nge-aluminiyam kwaye ukhaphukhaphu ngokwenene, ngoko sinokuwusebenzisa ngoku!”