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  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison



    Why, god, why. Well, this should shut up anyone who laughs at the gaudy display of wealth in developing countries. Can this get any worse, seriously?
















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    Versace to design interior of Clock Tower in NY


    Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:10pm BST




    By Jo Winterbottom





    MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury brand Versace will design the
    interior renovation of New York's Clock Tower building on Madison
    Avenue, which is owned by Africa Israel, the companies said in a
    statement on Tuesday.





    Versace, known for its Medusa-head logo and penchant for lashings of
    gold, will kit out 55 apartments and a spa in the century-old building,
    which was inspired by the bell tower in Venice's famous St Mark's
    square.





    An exclusive club at the complex will be designed personally by the brand's figurehead Donatella Versace.





    Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.





    Africa Israel paid $200 million for the Clock Tower building last
    year and said then it would take around two years at a cost of $110
    million to renovate.





    The completed complex is expected to be worth about $1 billion.





    The project, which will include a penthouse of over 1,000 square
    meters, is another indication the current credit crunch and financial
    market falls are not having much impact on the luxury end of property
    markets, fashion and interior design.





    On Tuesday, French luxury silk scarves and leather goods maker
    Hermes said sales were up 12.1 percent in the second quarter. Versace,
    whose glamorous gowns cost thousands of euros, said in March it was not
    feeling the effects of the economic slowdown.





    Versace Chief Executive Officer Giancarlo Di Risio told Reuters the brand brought the right experience to the project.





    "We only do luxury projects, only the most luxurious residences, condominiums," Di Risio said.





    Versace already has a track record in interior design, working on
    hotels and apartments, luxury yachts and even helicopter interiors.





    Two years ago, the Italian marque furnished 32 apartments above the
    Plaza hotel in New York. "Versace designs everything it does from A to
    Z," Di Risio said.





    He said there were currently no other projects in the pipeline with
    Africa Israel, an Israeli conglomerate controlled by billionaire Lev
    Leviev which has interests in real estate, energy, hotels, fashion and
    infrastructure.





    The Clock Tower building was designed by Napoleon LeBrun and first used by MetLife as its headquarters in 1909.





    (Additional reporting by Tova Cohen in Tel Aviv; editing by Robert Hart)



































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  • Fuuma
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 4050

    #2
    Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

    I wanna buy an helicopter so Versace can decorate it in white tiger fur with gold accents. Diamond incrusted rotors are a must.
    Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      #3
      Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison



      [quote user="Fuuma"]I wanna buy an helicopter so Versace can decorate it in white tiger fur with gold accents. Diamond incrusted rotors are a must.[/quote]



      Ballar!

      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

      StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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      • Fuuma
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2006
        • 4050

        #4
        Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

        [quote user="Faust"]


        [quote user="Fuuma"]I wanna buy an helicopter so Versace can decorate it in white tiger fur with gold accents. Diamond incrusted rotors are a must.[/quote]




        Ballar!




        [/quote]




        Now when I die nigga don't you cry

        Just remember me ballin'...ballin'

        Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
        http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums...me-other-stuff

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        • Avantster
          ¤¤¤
          • Sep 2006
          • 1983

          #5
          Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison



          real ballers have their own Versace helicopter!







          let us raise a toast to ancient cotton, rotten voile, gloomy silk, slick carf, decayed goat, inflamed ram, sooty nelton, stifling silk, lazy sheep, bone-dry broad & skinny baffalo.

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          • Faust
            kitsch killer
            • Sep 2006
            • 37852

            #6
            Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

            is that pniddy on the right?
            Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

            StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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            • philip nod
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2007
              • 5903

              #7
              Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

              my sex change is complete now i can show you the new me
              One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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              • Faust
                kitsch killer
                • Sep 2006
                • 37852

                #8
                Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison



                [quote user="philip nod"]my sex change is complete now i can show you the new me
                [/quote]



                i would prescribe a better plastic surgeon and less cocaine.

                Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                • philip nod
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 5903

                  #9
                  Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

                  nut i have good helicopter, no?
                  One wonders where it will end, when everything has become gay.

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                  • TypicalFashion
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 326

                    #10
                    Re: Versace to design interiors at 1 Madison

                    i would love to molotov cocktail versace. whos in?

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