16/06/2007

HOMAGE TO GIANNI VERSACE LEADED BY GISELLA BORIOLI

Ten years from his death, Gisella Borioli directs the multiple homage to Gianni Versace, great protagonist of fashion and exceptional artist. Conceived by Gisella Borioli, artistic director of Superstudio Più and member of the Comitato Strategico del Comune, the event also involves Letizia Moratti, mayor of Milan and the councillors Sgarbi, Cadeo and Maiolo. Starting from 22nd June, with the opening of the open-air exhibition in the streets of Milan of Versace's sketches for the theatre, the event continues with the assignment of Gianni Versace's name to a city's street and in the Teatro alla Scala, on 15th July, exact date of the anniversary, with the ballet "Ciao Gianni", con amore composed by Maurice Bejart for the occasion. In September, the first scholarship entitled to Gianni Versace, consisting in the opportunity, for the most promising student, to attend the three-years program in fashion at IED for free, will be assigned, thanks to the support of Tiziana Maiolo. Simultaneously, in Villa Reale, the exhibition of ancient and modern art selected by Gianni Versace, as collector.