nguSARAH MOWER
Okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi, u-Donatella Versace uveze esambulweni esiseceleni namuhla ukuthi usevele uphelile manje-ukuthenga manje. “Ngayizama neVersus eminyakeni emine edlule. Futhi angazi, pfft! esho ephakamisa amahlombe akhe ashuqukile. "Kungcono ukuqhubeka uvuselela isitolo sakho ngamaqoqo amancane ezingubo." UDonatella wayejabule ekubukeni kwakhe kuqala iqoqo ayesezolikhombisa eLondon, nokho. U-Antony Vaccarello-owashiya i-Versus waya e-Saint Laurent-ufakwe esikhundleni seqembu elincane lasendlini, futhi u-Donatella ugubha iminyaka engu-20 yokwethulwa kweqoqo ngokuthi "ubuyela entombazaneni yami ye-Versus. Uyintombazane embi, ihlongandlebe. Uphula imithetho.”
Njengoba u-Bella Hadid ephuma kuqala ngaphandle kwejakhethi yesikhumba emnyama namabhuzu amabhayisikili, lelo bhokisi laliphawulwe kahle kakhulu. Udadewabo kaHadid, u-Gigi, kanye nesoka lakhe, u-Zayn Malik, babephambili, bedala isiphithiphithi emcimbini, obubanjelwe endaweni engaphansi ewumhume eNyuvesi yaseWestminster. Ukuze kufinyelelwe kulezo zilaleli ezisencane ezihambisana ne-Versus—okwaziyo, mhlawumbe ngisho efunda ekolishi—uDonatella uthe ubesebenzela ukwehlisa amanani. “Umehluko phakathi kwamanje nesiqalo,” kusho yena, “ukuthi kunemeshi entsha yensimbi eyenziwe nge-aluminium futhi ilula ngempela, ngakho-ke singayisebenzisa manje!”