Donatella Versace’s world of excess: from her early drug addiction, the chaos caused by her brother’s death, to her laundry list of surgeries to avoid succumbing to the ravages of old age

The fashion world knows very well Donatella Versace, the Italian designer and business woman who was an accomplice of her brother Gianni Versace, but after his murder in 1997 in Miami Beach, she also plunged into the world of drugs and operations.

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Today, the bright-eyed blonde who grew up in southern Italy and who at one point studied literature is 68 years old and Vice President of the Versace Group.

During the 1980s, while helping his brother build his store, he became a brilliant phenomenon, although this changed many years later. The business woman was classified as the queen of excesses, since she indulged in parties and drugs since she was a child.

“Gianni didn’t like it, I would go out all night. Once in a bar in New York there was a table full of cocaine and everyone was snorting openly on the dance floor,” he once told Vogue, and today La Nación reports him.

With the death of her older brother Gianni Versace, Donatella spiraled out of control. Her instability brought her under the scrutiny of the press and she soon became the subject of criticism.

“Again, nothing was fun, there was only pain, uncertainty and loss. The problems started with my family, at the end of my marriage with Paul, I had to run a company even though I wasn’t ready,” she recalled. Vogue.

In 2004, she finally succumbed to cocaine, which is why she ended up in a rehab clinic. Since then, his return to the world of fashion has been triumphant.

Donatella was surrounded by addiction for a moment, and then she plunged into the world of plastic surgery. At one time, it was pointed out that she often resorts to the help of botox in order to start the fight against the wrinkles characteristic of her age.

The same passion for operations led her to an almost complete transformation, leading her to show voluminous lips and more tanned skin than originally, the Argentine media recalls.

Thus, Infobae recalls some of the processes he went through throughout his life in search of improving his physical appearance, but with unfavorable results in public.

From leg lifts, breast implants and countless facelifts, along with skin tightening, they have been added to the list of procedures that Donatella Versace has resorted to because, as she admitted to New York magazine, she hates “quiet things”.

His words at the time were a preamble to the transformation the public has witnessed over the years.

Along with the changes came the success that reclaimed the Versace brand and brought him several awards such as the FGI Superstar Award in 2008 and 2012, and some accolades as “Designer of the Year” by Glamor magazine and at the GQ Menu Awards. (AND)