SimplyAbuDhabi XII

2 1 4 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I D onatella Versace is not known for her understated glamour. No. Her couture is all out, brash and proud. Much like the model she chose to showcase her latest collection. Naomi Campbell opened the Versace show for Autumn- Winter 13, her first appearance on the catwalk since being attacked in Paris last January. It continues a long- standing relationship with the Versace label, but just as the model has mellowed from her phone flinging days, so has Donatella’s eye. This was not the ferocious, overt style that we’re used to. This is subtle sexiness. Whereas the men’s collection is full of formless baggy separates and oversized overcoats, the female collection is altogether different. Tight, slender silhouettes are the product of clothes cut hard into the figure. If you’ve got it, wear Versace. Versace