Rock and Royalty: The Ever-Changing Look of Versace's Couture As See-and Modeled

Theever-changinglookofVersace'scoutureasseen--andmodeled--bythekings,queens,andjokersofrock&roll.GianniVersacesuffuseshisworldwithrockandroll.Hewantstorockalltheoldboundariesthatgetinthewayofpeople'sfreedomtoruletheirownlives...Hisobservationthatrockandrollersarethenewroyaltyisreallyanodtoeachofusthatacrownissomethingyou'renotbornwith,butsomethingyouearn...IngridSischyBornin1946,GianniVersacepresentedhisfirstfashioncollectioninMilanin1978andhisfirstAteliercollectioninParisin1989.HehaswonaStanleyAward,twoCuttySarks,andtheC.F.D.A.AwardfromtheCouncilofFashionDesignersofAmerica.Hefirstdesignedtheatercostumesin1983forLaScalainMilan,andhassincecollaboratedwithRobertWilson,MauriceB?jart,RolandPetit,andTwylaTharponoperasandballetsaroundtheworld.InSeptember1996GianniVersaceparticipatedinthefirstBiennaled'ArteeModainFlorencewithRoyLichtenstein.Hisclotheshavebeenthesubjectofa1992exhibitionattheFashionInstituteofTechnologyinNewYork,andareinthecollectionsofTheVictoriaandAlbertMuseuminLondonandTheMetropolitanMuseuminNewYork.HispreviousfourbooksareavailablefromAbbevillePress.