Donatella Versace Remembers Late Brother Gianni, Friendship With Prince and a Supermodel Catfight
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Donatella Versace participated in a wide-ranging talk about her late brother Gianni, Prince, supermodels and her support of the queer community on Monday morning at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
Following a tour of the center’s Hollywood campus, Versace said she was most excited talking to the young people in the audience at the Renberg Theatre at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza.
The tour and talk, moderated by center CMO Phillip Picardi, coincided with the launch of a new Versace Foundation and Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA) scholarship program for LGBTQ fashion students.
Versace recalled when Gianni came out as gay to her when she was only 11 years old. “And then he asked me to bleach my hair blonde,” she said, laughing.
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