CWEB NEWS  : Celebrity Birthdays December 2nd Gianni Versace

Celebrity Birthdays December 2nd Gianni Versace
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CWEB on 02 December, 2007 09:05:45
 
Gianni Versace was born in 1946 in Reggio Calabria, Italy, he became victim of a
cold-blooded murder on the 16th July, 1997. In the early days, his mother
supported the family with her small tailor-shop. There, Versace learned
everything about making clothes and soon he designed apparel himself, which was
sold in his mother's shop. Then, Versace acquired additional skills working in
fabric procurement positions.In 1997, Versace was shot to death in front of his
mansion in Miami, Florida. Versace's killer is allegedly a serial killer, who
committed suicide in Miami short after Versace's murder. In September 1997,
Gianni Versace's brother Santo Versace was announced the new CEO of the Versace
holding. Gianni's sister Donatella Versace is the new head of design. Donatella
was already in a creative position, designing for the Versus label. Sole heiress
of Gianni Versace is Donatella's eleven year old daughter Allegra. Her son
Daniel inherits Gianni's collection of paintings. Part of Gianni Versace's
heritage are his lucious mansions at Lake Como, Italy, in Milan, Italy, in New
York City, and the mansion in Miami were Versace was killed.
In the beginning, in 1978 the Versace business accounted for roughly $15
million of total sales. Ten years later, this number rose to $353 million. In
1994, total sales were at 1,175 billion Lira ($728 million), this figure rose in
1996 to 1,655 billion Lira ($1073 million). In 1996, sales of 854 billion Lira
($553 million) were achieved without revenues from license agreements; in 1995
684 billion Lira ($420 million). In 1994, these direct sales were only 610
billion Lira ($378 million). Since 1994, the Versace group spent 8% of direct
sales or 40.8 billion Lira ($ 25 billion) annualy to promote the label. Santo
Versace announced in 1997, that this amount will be significantly reduced in
order to cut costs.
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