Remembering Gianni Versace

On his birthday.

He was a mover, a shaker and a luxury maker. He gave us the big and the brave that is Versace. With bright, bold colours and even bolder cuts, he discovered, and then dressed, them all. Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington. He drew his prints from the work of Lichtenstein and Warhol and was a friend to Diana, Princess of Wales, Duran Duran, Madonna and Elton John, and knew how to party. He made history and THAT dress for Elizabeth Hurley, “I don’t believe in good taste” he said – over and over and over – as he made it all ... Fashion. Fragrance. Homewares. In all that he did he told you: “be yourself …

“Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.”

In the past, he told us, people were born royal. “Now, royalty comes from what you do.”

We look back on some of our fave Versace pics...