Mission Magazine Helps The Standard, High Line Celebrate Pride

Ten years after starting Mission magazine from her East Village apartment, Karina Givargisoff celebrated that milestone and helped BOOM at The Standard, High Line kick off Pride 2024 Weekend at a party there Thursday night. Her philanthropic media brand and charity helped attract several hundred fans and followers. Established designers like Francisco Costa, Timo Weiland … Read more

Elton John AIDS Foundation Launches ‘Speak Up Sing Out’ Campaign to End LGBTQAI+ Discrimination

The Elton John AIDS Foundation has unveiled its latest initiative to coincide with Pride Month in June — “Speak Up Sing Out” — a social media movement and rallying cry against LGBTQAI+ discrimination and stigma. In a climate marked by a concerning surge in anti-LGBTQAI+ legislation in the U.S., with 510 such laws introduced in … Read more

Donatella Versace Gets Recognition From Italy’s President for Contribution to Fashion, Humanitarian Work

MILAN — Donatella Versace was presented the title of Grand Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in Milan on Friday.  One of the country’s highest honors, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic is bestowed by Italy’s president upon people who have excelled in the fields of literature, the arts, the economy, public … Read more

Taylor Swift Opens European Eras Tour in Versace

LONDON — Taylor Swift may have skipped the Met Gala, but she’s making up for it with her own fashion moment on the European leg of her “The Eras Tour,” which kicked off in Nanterre, France, on Thursday night. The singer-songwriter wore two custom Atelier Versace designs to open her tour featuring a double-breasted blazer … Read more

Punk Rock, Power Shoulders and Prince

Versace should be the Mount Olympus of power babes living in loud luxury with a classical twist. But the fall 2024 collection was so packed with ideas and product — not all entirely rich looking — that the brand message was muddled. Donatella Versace said she was thinking about a rebel with a kind heart, … Read more