Versace SS14: Versace Versace Versace

A pair of jeans. A mannish shirt. A pencil skirt. A favourite t-shirt. These are the pieces that every woman has in her wardrobe. And Donatella Versace wanted to take them and Versacefy them. This she did with chunky chains, bondage straps, cut-out panels of lace, outsize Medusa belts -- and integrity. It was done with an absolute faithfulness to the brand's identity, and was one of the most 'Versace' collections we've seen in a while -- as Drake's hip-hop song Versace (Google it) attested when it was blasted out at the end of the show. The girl was devastatingly sexy, of course, but not just in a femme fatale gown kind of way -- it was cooler than that. She wore circle skirts slung low on the hips with a slouchy rock band tee and a neckerchief. She wore her jeans tight and drainpipe cut, with hands dug deep in the pockets and a jacket slung over her shoulders. It was, Donatella had explained, inspired by the explosion of street style on the internet -- a phenomenon that no one can escape from. And if it looks this good, nobody will want to.