Versace FW24 Incites a Quiet Rebellion

“The clothes take the codes of contemporary formal tailoring and disrupt them with cut, drape, and embellishment,” said Donatella Versace.

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“This collection has a rebel attitude and a kind heart,” Donatella Versace said of her namesake Italian fashion house’s Fall/Winter 2024 line. At Milan Fashion Week, the designer’s creations descended a white, zig-zagging staircase to meet fashion’s front row on a black shag carpet. There, in chapters divided by color and texture, next season’s Versace archetypes took on strong, formal identities.

“The [Versace] woman is a good girl with a wild soul,” the designer said. “She is prim but sexy.” She wears conservative, collared dresses with confident shoulders just as much as she does revealing gowns with one leg left on display. She often opts for matching jacket-and-skirt sets, done up in statement prints with unmissable gold buttons. Sheerness fancies her taste, particularly on button-down shirts and turtlenecks, but power-dressing is her forté, as proven by her dominant overcoats, cropped blazers, form-flattering dress pants and big boots. “Don’t mess with her,” exclaims Donatella.

“The man is her soulmate, a shy genius,” she adds. Riddled with romance, the brand’s masculine style tropes mimic those for womenswear. Where she wears a black suit, so does he. Where she selects a gingham skirt, he throws on an oversized coat in the same textile. His “shyness” is articulated through his closed coats, casual mohair cardigans, distressed knitwear, slim-fitting pants and dark shades; but he simultaneously embraces glamour, with shiny leather textiles, fur-laden coats, silver-embellished sheer shirting and bold-printed garments. Together with his feminine counterpart, the Versace Man is “breaking the rules to make new ones,” the designer said.

“The clothes take the codes of contemporary formal tailoring and disrupt them with cut, drape, and embellishment, Donatella explained. “The collection focuses on pure lines, innovative fabrics, considered wildness.” Perhaps the wildest ones in the lineup are the collared jackets, button-up shirts and dresses sporting Versace’s ornate gold patterns with an animalistic flair.

“This is us,” Donatella concluded. “This is Versace!”

See Versace’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection in the gallery above, and stay tuned to Hypebeast for more Milan Fashion Week coverage.

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