The recent review by Robin Givan about the most talked about book by Deborah Ball titled "The House of Versace." Tells of a story mixed with lavish glamour, family tormoil and ofcourse opulent fashion. Ball tracks the history of the Versace house from the humble beginnings in a poor region in southern Italy to their rise to over the top glamour through Gianni's innovative ideas.
Ball weeds through the rumors of Mafia connections as the reasoning behind how they lived such lavish lives that resulted in $750,000 shopping spree's.
When I think about how Gianni rose to fame and the highest echalans of the fashion industry only to be struck down at the height of his career, it is devastating, and then to have his hard work in perils after his death, is even worse. Even though he left his company to family I personally think that the reason why the company went through so many downfalls was because they lost touch with Giannis message of it only being about fashion and leaving any family rifts out of it. But ofcourse even in the fantasy world of fashion, reality always creeps in.
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