Versus Versace Spring / Summer 2016

LONDON — As surely many of the 144 thousand Instagram followers of Versus Versace well know, there was to be a runway show Saturday night at Victoria House that was going go a long way toward satisfying the “no future” ethos that is all but sacrosanct in these here parts. Yes, there was a runway show set to full volume, high-octane live rock & roll, but also at work on the runway the conceit that viewers of the show whether seated alongside the runway or gridlocked in London traffic could already shop the collection. Never mind the usual six-month lag between show and public sales, this was immediacy at last! Anthony Vaccarello and Donatella Versace are adept at tickling the market’s need for instant gratification and were richly served by a quartet of model at Next including Lineisy Montero, Binx, Olivia Jansing, and Vera Van Erp, all of whom personified sexy Versus lionesses of the ever present. Versus has been calling for days and tonight London finaly picked up. Credits include: Client, Versus Versace; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Spring 2016; Clothing design, Anthony Vaccarello; Styling, Alastair McKimm; Hair, Anthony Turner; Makeup, Tom Pecheux; Casting, Piergiorgio Del Moro.