{"id":16486,"date":"2025-12-03T20:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16486"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:19:35","slug":"prada-has-bought-versace-for-1-4-billion-can-it-make-its-milan-rival-interesting-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16486","title":{"rendered":"Prada has bought Versace for $1.4 billion. Can it make its Milan rival \u2018interesting again\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a US$1.4 billion deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada\u2019s \u201cugly chic\u201d aesthetic and Miu Miu\u2019s youth-driven appeal.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The highly anticipated deal is expected to relaunch Versace\u2019s fortunes following a middling post-pandemic performance as part of the American luxury group Capri.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Prada said in a one-line statement that the acquisition had been completed after receiving all regulatory clearances. Capri, which owns Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, said the money would be used to pay down debt.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cToday is your day and the day Versace joins the Prada family,\u201d she wrote in a post that also featured a 1996 photo of Gianni Versace with Miuccia Prada. \u201cI am thinking of the smile you would have had on your face.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shoppers check out a Prada shop in Milan. Photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/03\/16063001-36bc-46a5-b4c9-7c0adf1648b5_d5301715.jpg\" title=\"Shoppers check out a Prada shop in Milan. Photo: AP\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Shoppers check out a Prada shop in Milan. Photo: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli is set to steer Versace\u2019s next phase as executive chairman, in addition to his roles as group marketing director and sustainability chief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/fashion-beauty\/article\/3335028\/prada-has-bought-versace-14-billion-can-it-make-its-milan-rival-interesting-again?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a US$1.4 billion deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1242,6434,1306,11565,11563,6167,11564],"class_list":["post-16486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-billion","tag-bought","tag-interesting","tag-milan","tag-prada","tag-rival","tag-versace","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}