https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fashion house Michael Kors announced on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Italian luxury giant Versace, signalling an intention to move deeper into the international big league after snapping up shoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20180925/michael-kors-bags-versace-for-21-bn Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:20:00 +0200 michael-kors-bags-versace-for-21-bn Italian fashion giant Versace is about to be sold, the country's biggest-selling newspaper said on Monday, citing anonymous sources who suggested the deal could come in the next few hours. https://www.thelocal.it/20180924/versace-sold-rumours Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:39:30 +0200 versace-sold-rumours Dismissed as "fiction" by the Versace family and met with mixed reviews, a controversial new drama depicting the 1997 murder of Gianni Versace makes its US television debut on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180119/controversial-drama-gianni-versace-murder-small-screen Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:35:43 +0100 controversial-drama-gianni-versace-murder-small-screen Italy's fashion queen Donatella Versace sent a message to women everywhere Friday with a show that screamed defiance at attempts to turn back the clock on feminism. https://www.thelocal.it/20170225/versace-gets-political-with-defiant-defence-of-feminism Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:16:08 +0100 versace-gets-political-with-defiant-defence-of-feminism Madonna, still toned at 56 and riding a wave of acclaim for a recent topless photo shoot, was named on Thursday as the face of Versace's spring/summer 2015 collection. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/madonna-returns-as-face-of-versace Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:55:00 +0100 madonna-returns-as-face-of-versace Italian family-run fashion house Versace said on Thursday it had agreed to sell a 20-percent stake to US private equity firm Blackstone in a deal that values the group at €1.0 billion ($1.4 billion). https://www.thelocal.it/20140227/versace-agrees-to-sell-20-stake-in-210m-euro-deal Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:49:00 +0100 versace-agrees-to-sell-20-stake-in-210m-euro-deal Denim, leathers and chains were the look at Versace's Milan Fashion Week show on Friday, as the family-owned brand looks for a possible investor to buy a stake. https://www.thelocal.it/20130921/versace-keen-to-find-250-million-investor Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:19:00 +0200 versace-keen-to-find-250-million-investor Versace is seeking a minority investor, a spokesman at the Italian fashion house still 100-percent by the Versace family confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130918/versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:05:00 +0200 versace-in-search-of-minority-shareholder The palatial Miami mansion where iconic fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered goes under the hammer on Tuesday with auctioneers hoping to clinch a sale for as much as $40 million. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/tragic-versace-mansion-to-go-under-hammer Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:59:48 +0200 tragic-versace-mansion-to-go-under-hammer The palatial Miami villa where fashion icon Gianni Versace was shot dead in 1997 is to be sold at auction and is expected to fetch more than €38 million, the company managing the sale said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130719/villa-tainted-by-versace-murder-up-for-sale Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:31:00 +0200 villa-tainted-by-versace-murder-up-for-sale