Versace unveil gothic shoot for autumn/winter 2012 collection

After a summer of pastels, will we be ready for something a little darker come autumn? Versace certainly think so. Their women’s A/W 2012 collection, unveiled in Milan earlier this year, saw gothic brocade usurp the trend for lighter colours which dominated summer collections. While the men’s collection had flashes of colour, the seriousness of military tailoring was still present. Calling the collection ‘bold, strong, iconic’, Donatella Versace claimed that the Byzantine crosses used in the collection were in reference to her late brother, Gianni, who used them in previous designs