Whether they’re Hermès sandals, Off-White ankle boots, ivory-leather-and-pink-daisy heels by sublime shoemaker Manolo Blahnik or Louboutin platform pumps, you can find your next pair of legendary luxury vintage shoes today on 1stDibs.In the last forty years, Versace has been one of the most known brands in the luxury fashion world. Our modern age’s legions of sneakerheads might have trouble tracking down a pair of black-and-gold vintage Jordans but can at least fill their dream closets with original Adidas Gazelles or 1980s New Balances if they put the time in, while 1990s-era Prada pumps or a good pair of mid-20th-century jewel-tone heels in satin or silk haven’t lost their allure with today’s nostalgic fashionistas.Ī pair of shoes can commemorate an achievement, mark an important trip overseas and is sometimes a rich manifestation of a hard-won physical feat. What good is fashion if it’s tucked away? The decorative floor-length gowns that upper-class women of the 18th century wore meant that their shoes, then likely featuring high curved heels finished with woven or embroidered silks - a sharp contrast to the heavy, rudimentary form of the era’s footwear for men - were partially or entirely obscured by the base of their ornate dresses. Today, vintage and designer shoes by the likes of Chanel, Gucci or Versace are integral to completing your carefully orchestrated street-style or evening ensemble, but footwear wasn’t always the big deal it is for your average Adidas Yeezy enthusiast. Today, Santo Versace is chief executive officer of Versace and Donatella is its chief creative officer.īrowse an extraordinary collection of vintage Versace evening dresses, handbags, day dresses, accessories and more on 1stDibs. Wrote the late curator Richard Martin, “ became the standard-bearer of gay men’s fashion because he eschewed decorum and designed for desire.”įollowing Versace’s tragic murder in 1997, Donatella took over the role of artistic director and continued to evolve the house codes with a twist of her feminine and feminist perspective. There were slinky dresses in Oroton, his patented chain-mail textile that draped like satin, and leather bondage ensembles. This adventurous spirit of design resulted in his creating jewel-toned prints rooted in Grecian motifs, Etruscan symbols, the Italian Baroque and Andy Warholʼs Marilyn Monroe. Versace was an art collector, and he took on commissions to create costumes for theatrical performances during the 1980s and spoke of looking to numerous cultures for inspiration. His glamorous and seductive apparel - the clingy skirts and slender, strappy party dresses, as well as the erotic magazine ads that publicized them - looms large, but Versace’s art and historical influences were also vast. Vintage Versace has become catnip for modern fashion enthusiasts who seek out the now-iconic house codes that originated in the designs of the 1980s and 1990s. Soon, sister Donatella, whom Gianni dressed and took to discos when she was still a child, joined the family venture, where she had a creative role and managed enormously popular ready-to-wear lines such as Versus. He launched his first collection - and his label - in 1978, with his older brother Santo managing the business concerns. In 1972, at age 25, he moved to Milan to work in fashion. As a child, little Gianni marveled at her workshop, which would become a university of sorts, where he learned the exceptional construction techniques that were at the foundation of his creative expression. His mother was a successful dressmaker who employed more than 40 seamstresses. Versace was born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. Versace made it that way.” Insiders consider his 1991/1992 Autumn/Winter runway show - which featured supermodels Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista lip-synching George Michael’s “Freedom! '90” - as the moment when the two worlds of fashion and pop culture became one, changing both forever. In fact, the New York Times noted in 1997 that the fashion industry “is now driven by contemporary culture because Mr. More than any designer before him, Versace mined celebrity, music and Pop art for inspiration. Today, vintage Versace clothing, handbags and other accessories look astonishingly fresh and freshly relevant. Instead, he had a sexy good time with fashion - as he did with life. “I don’t believe in good taste,” the legendary Italian couturier once explained. Subversive, maximalist and unabashedly seductive, Gianni Versace’s (1946–97) designs infused high fashion with an entirely new ethos.
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