Versace Sees Growth, Plans IPO

Versace has some major growth potential- a 20 percent stake of the Italian fashion house will be sold to the Blackstone Group. The deal is expected to finalize next month and Blackstone will put 150 million euros of capital into the brand. Donatella Versace will keep her position as the creative director and Santo Versace …

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Grace Coddington Weighs in on Thin Models

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the recent ads from Ralph Lauren that were photoshopped to anorexia, Brigitte's decision to ban models from its pages and body image issues in general. Vogue's Creative Director, Grace Coddington, a former model herself, decided to weigh in on the discussion (pun only slightly intended) to ex-Men's …

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