...er collections for Genny, Complice and Callaghan. 1975 He presents his first leather collection, created for Complice. 1978 On March 28 he presensts his first collection for omen signed ith his on name in a fashion sho at the Palazzo della Permanente, in Milan. 1979 Versace, ho has alays paid great attention to his image, starts a fortunate collaboration ith the American photographer Richard Avedon. 1982 Versace ins the first of a series of aards that ill cron his career LOcchio dOro for the best fashion designer of the 198283 Fallinter collection for omen in this collection he displays the famous metal garments, no a classic feature of his fashion. The same year, he begins a collaboration ith the Teatro alla Scala and designs costumes for the Richard Strauss ballet Josephlegende the stage design is by the painter Luigi Veronesi. 1983 He creates the costumes for Gustav Mahlers ballet Lieb und Leid and on October 21, ith the Comune di Milanos patronage, the sho. E Design opens its doors at the Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea here Gianni Versace displays a synthesis of his technological research. 1984 Versace creates the costumes for Donizettis Don Pasquale and for the ballet Dyonisos directed by Maurice Bejart, both held at the Teatro alla Scala. In October, at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, the Belgian choreographer creates a triptych danse in honour of the launch of the fragrance for men Versace lHomme. 1985 In Paris, on the occasion of the European presentation of the same fragrance, a contemporary art sho is organized, bringing together the orks of internationally renoned artists concerning Versaces fashion. Young people have alays been a major source of inspiration for Versace and on October 2, the fashion designer is at the Victoria Albert Museum in London to give a talk on his fashion for a large group of students, and to illustrate the sho Arte e moda. 1986 A year in hich aards and shos intertine. On January 24, the President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga confers the decoration of Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana on him the National Field Museum in Chicago presents a major retrospective sho on the ork of Versace in the last ten years. On October 22, in Paris, during the sho Gianni Versace Obiettivo Moda, illustrating the professional collaboration beteen Versace and internationally renoned photographers Avedon, Neton, Penn, eber, Barbieri, Gastel, etc., Jacques Chirac assigns the Grande Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris to Versace. On November 14, the premiere of the ballet La metamorphose des dieux by Malraux is presented in Brussels. The costumes are designed by Gianni Versace and the choreography is by Maurice Bejart. 1987 In January Bob ilson stages Richard Strauss Salome for the Scala and asks Versace to design the costumes on March 31, Bejart presents Leda and the San at the Scala, ith costumes by Versace on April 7, the book Versace Teatro published by Franco Maria Ricci.is presented. In June, Gianni Versace goes to Russia in the retinue of Bejart, for hom he designs the costumes of the Ballet du XX Siecle broadcasted throughout the orld from Leningrad ithin the programm The hite nights of dance. In September Versaces huge professional contribution to the theatre is rearded ith the Maschera DArgento prize. On September 21, Souvenir de Leningrad, a ballet by Bejarts ne dance company, makes its debut in Lausanne, and even on this occasion Versaces contribution is crucial. 1988 Versace goes to Paris to design the stage costumes for Zizi Jeanmaires last recital at the Bouffes du Nord on March 30, in Brussels, alongside Maurice Bejart, he presents the costumes for the ballet inspired by Evita Peron in an absolute premiere at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie. On June 8, the jury of the Cutty Sark nominates him the most creative and innovative fashion designer for men in September Versace opens a 600 sqm. shoroom in Madrid, his first boutique in Spain. On December 20 he is once again in Paris to design the costumes for the ballet Java Forever, ith Zizi Jenamaire, presented at the Opera Comique to celebrate the Bicentenary of the French Revolution. 1989 On January 25, the opening of the Atelier Versace - a orkshop here high fashion models are created - is announced at a soiree held at the Gare dOrsay, attended by Madame Mitterand, here also the film The fortune of friendship recounting the relationship beteen Versace and Maurice Bejart, is presented. On April 13, the exhibition Labito per pensare, is inaugurated at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, through historical and social interpretations, it displays 25 years of activity in fashion and in the theatre, a crucial stage in the evolution of the history of costume. On May 16, on the occasion of the celebration for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution, Bejart invites him to Paris to design the costumes of the ballet Chaka Zulu, inspired by L. Senghors poem. On July 6, in Milan, Versace presents Versus, a ne line for young people - manufactured by the Manifatture Itierre of the Gruppo Pantrem, - hich explores informal themes and puts itself forard as an alternative to so-called conventional ays of dressing. On November 14 there is yet another ballet Bejart stagesElegie pour Elle at the Cirque Royal in Brussels, and the Costumes are designed by Versace once again. 1990 The Atelier collection is presented in a fashion sho at the Hotel Ritz, Paris, in the early part of the year in April Versace opens his second boutique in Ne York, and the eleventh in the United States, in the prestigious Madison Avenue. On October 21 John Cox i naugurates the theatri ca. l s eas on of the Opera, San Francisco, ith Richard Strauss Capriccio and the costumes are designed By Versace. l991 On January 7, the sho Versace Teatro is inaugurated at the Royal Royal College of Art in London in March the fragrance Versus is launched and on May 14, in collaboration ith Omar Calabrese, Versace attends the presentation of the book Vanitas, lo stile dei sensi in Milan. In June, a ne Versace boutique is opened in Paris, in the famous Fbg. St. Honore. In June, Istante and Versus open their first to Italian stores in via San Pietro all Orto, in Milan Signature , Versaces classic line, is launched. In October, the up-dated version of the sho Labito per pensare arrives in Japan, at the Kobe City Museum on October 26, illiam Forsythe stages his ballets at the Statische Buhnen, Frankfurt, and Versace designs the costumes. In December, Versace is aarded the LOcchio dOro prize for the fourth time, proclaiming him the most inventive creator of the year. 1992 January, Paris the second volume of Versace Teatro comes out, published by Franco Maria Ricci on February 27, the fragrance Versus Donna is presented at the Versus boutique in Milan in Munich, the itinerant sho Theater der Mode celebrates Versaces latest stylistic and theatrical creations. On May 28 a ne Versace shoroom opens its doors here, in a five-storey bulding situated ...
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