15 h. ago Donatella Versace defied expectations to become a fashion icon of her own

When she took over after her brother Gianni’s murder, few expected her to last 27 years and become a household nameNews: Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative directorWhen Donatella Versace took over the house of Versace in the aftermath of her brother Gianni’s murder, most observers privately assumed that her reign would be no more than a postscript. The bottle-blond younger sister, with no formal training and a drug addiction that was the fashion industry’s worst kept secret, was seen as a sentimental appointment by a shell-shocked family.She proved everyone wrong. Versace is now defined as much by Donatella as by Gianni. She steps down from designing after 27 years as an icon in her own right, one of the most successful female designers in modern fashion history. Sober for 20 years, she has steered Versace to become a global household name, valued at $2bn (£1.6bn) when it was sold to Capri Holdings six and a half years ago. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Donatella Versace leaves role as head of Versace after almost three decades

The 69-year-old replaced her brother Gianni in the role after he was murdered in 1997.

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17 h. ago Donatella Versace hails brother as she bows out as creative director

Sister of Gianni who took over Italian label after his murder in 1997 will become chief brand ambassador at VersaceFor the first time in almost 50 years, Versace will no longer be designed by a Versace.Three decades after she started working for the company – and 27 years after she stepped into the role of creative director following the murder of her brother, Gianni – the designer Donatella Versace has announced she is to step down from her role at the Italian brand from the end of March. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Donatella Versace steps down as creative director of brand founded by her brother Gianni amid 'issues' with fashion giant's owner Capri Holdings

The Italian fashionista has stood down as creative director, a job she has held since Gianni's death in 1997.

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19 h. ago Donatella Versace steps down as head of Versace after almost three decades

Designer took the reigns of the fashion house after her brother’s murder in 1997

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19 h. ago Donatella Versace out as creative director of the Milan fashion house, in a shakeup by US owner

Donatella Versace has been replaced as creative director of the fashion house founded by her late brother Gianni Versace, assuming the new role of chief brand ambassador, Versace’s U.S. owner Capri Holdings announced on Thursday

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40 h. ago Queen Camilla's niece quits art gallery role alongside Princess Eugenie for 'challenging' position at Trinny London

New York-based Ayesha, the daughter of Camilla's late brother, Mark Shand, revealed that she is stepping away from her role of eight years to enter the beauty world, according to Hello.

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69 h. ago BBC Breakfast star Nina Warhurst quits after six years for new role as she shares statement

BBC Breakfast star Nina Warhurst shared an emotional post as she announced that she is leaving the show after six years after landing a new role on the BBC's News at One

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5 d. ago 'Beauty expert' teacher accused of sex with student at school where it's happened before

Dulce Flores, 33, has been put on a leave of absence from her role at Riverbank High School after being arrested and charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student

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8 d. ago Commercial director behind £100m deal resigns in latest setback to RFU

Stuart Ramsey to leave next month for role in triathlonChair has also quit and chief executive is under pressureThe Rugby Football Union’s commercial director has resigned in another setback for the beleaguered ­governing body. ­Stuart Ramsey, who was ­instrumental in securing a £100m naming rights deal for Twickenham with Allianz last year and recently agreed a partnership for England teams with Apple, will leave the RFU next month for a new role in triathlon.Ramsey’s impending departure follows the resignation of the RFU chair, Tom Ilube, last December over an executive pay row with the news coming a few weeks before a special general meeting of the RFU, which will determine the fate of the chief executive, Bill Sweeney. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Natalie Cassidy issues savage warning to EastEnders bosses about recasting Sonia

The Sonia Jackson star has been playing the character since she was a little girl, and has made it clear that she won't be happy if the role is recast after she leaves

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9 d. ago Emmerdale favourite quits ITV soap after just two years amid string of cast exits

Emmerdale will apparently be saying goodbye to another cast member soon as Gail Loman actress Rachael Gill-Davis is said to be leaving the role after two years on the ITV soap

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1 week ago Versace struts confident collection as rumors swirl that the Milan fashion mainstay is on the market

Donatella Versace strutted a confident collection brimming with house codes during Milan Fashion Week amid speculation that the fashion house is on the market

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1 week ago Milan fashion week: not just Versace dresses for sale, but the company itself

Donatella’s references to brother Gianni’s last collection in her latest show fuel rumours of possible departureIt is not just the dresses on the Versace catwalk that are for sale this Milan fashion week, but Versace itself. One of the most glamorous names in fashion is up for grabs, with Prada, its longtime rival for Milan bragging rights, thought to be close to purchasing the company. The prospect of a sale raises the question of whether Donatella, designer since the death of her brother in 1997, will remain as creative lead.Versace without Donatella is hard to imagine. She remains a hands-on designer, and the lightning rod through which Versace’s energy is conducted. “Everyone should have a little Versace attitude,” she said before this show, held under the iron shelter of a historic tram depot in Milan where, as a concession to guest’s skimpy outfits, the benches were heated. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia to appoint new US ambassador as diplomatic relations thaw

Moscow says Alexander Darchiyev will take up Washington post that has been unfilled since October last yearEurope live – latest updatesRussia has announced it will appoint a new ambassador to Washington, signalling a further diplomatic thaw in relations just a day after Russian and American officials met in Istanbul to discuss strengthening ties.Moscow said Alexander Darchiyev, a career diplomat who is currently the head of the foreign ministry’s North America department, will soon leave for the role in Washington. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver reveals 'absolute glam' of soap with co

The actress will soon be leaving the ITV soap having played the role of matriarch Eileen Grimshaw since 2000

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2 w. ago ‘I’ll reserve judgement’ – Match of the Day icon's verdict on Gary Lineker’s replacements

Gary Lineker will leave his role as BBC Match of the Day presenter at the end of the 2024/25 season, with Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates set to take over

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2 w. ago Health Secretary insists he did not ask NHS boss to leave her job

Amanda Pritchard announced on Tuesday that she will leave her role as NHS chief executive at the end of March.

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2 w. ago Unilever shares drop after announcing surprise CEO departure partway through strategy shift

Hein Schumacher will leave the role ‘by mutual agreement’ on March 1, replaced by chief financial officer Fernando Fernandez

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2 w. ago The name’s Bezos, Jeff Bezos: what can we expect from Amazon’s James Bond?

With one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises signed over to Amazon MGM, 007 could be facing down the barrel of spin-offs, quasi-crowdsourcing and a cinematic universe to rival MarvelThe ink could hardly have dried on the contract between Amazon MGM and Eon Productions, the legendary Bond film company run by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put up a social media post that went to the heart of the conundrum faced by one of the film industry’s most lucrative franchises: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?”The reality underlying Broccoli and Wilson’s decision to cede control to Amazon, the company that has since 2021 been responsible for co-producing Bond films after its purchase of MGM, is that since it became apparent that Daniel Craig wanted to leave the role, the franchise has been struck by a kind of creative paralysis. We are used to increasingly long gaps between their release, but with no new lead actor in sight, Bond 26 has still no...

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