Gianni's World

摘要

Nothing about Gianni Versace seemed right in the last few years. His collections— pencil skirts, fitted jackets—had become dangerously demure for the man who embodied frock-and-roll fashion. The designer himself didn't look healthy, either. He never seemed to rebound from a rare cancer in his left ear, which doctors treated in 1993. Some fashion vultures speculated that he had AIDS. Versace's billion-dollar com- pany, which was expected to go public this year, had been put on an austerity budget.