Monday 7 September 2009

For Versace, It’s Out With The Old, In With The New – 7/8/09

It seems as one door closes, another one opens in the world of Versace. According to Reuters, Versace has ended its licensing contract with IT Holding, which owns Milan fashion house Gianfranco Ferre and was put into special administration earlier this year. See The MO Down for 24 August for more information.


So it's arrivederci to IT Holding and ciao to Gruppo Facchini, "an Italian company that operates in clothing, hotels and art, and which already works on Versace group's Versus line."


To read more on these developments, click here.


Article by: Melinda O'Rourke


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