Antonio D’Amico

@Gays, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Antonio D’Amico is an Italian designer and model Gays Italian Fashion Models Fashion Designers Capricorn Celebrities Antonio D’Amico is an Italian designer and model, who rose to fame as the partner of slain fashion legend Gianni Versace, founder of the eponymous fashion label ‘Versace.’ Born in Italy, D’Amico worked as an office administrator and model before meeting Versace. He dated Versace for over a decade, until Versace’s murder outside his Miami Beach residence in 1997. The public nature of the crime, the gruesome history of the perpetrator, and Versace’s popularity (and the general public’s interest in his sexuality) made the murder a landmark cultural moment and the source of life-long notoriety for D’Amico. It also worsened D’Amico’s strained relationship with a few members of the Versace family and affected his living conditions and professional future, ultimately forcing him into a depressive spiral, spanning several years. 21 years after the event, D’Amico returned to his designing career. He now lives in northern Italy with his new partner. However, there has been a resurgence of interest in the case with the arrival of a new season of the hit TV show ‘American Crime Story,’ titled ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ which deals entirely with the murder. D’Amico has stated that he did not like his portrayal on the show and that there were several inaccuracies in the depiction of both his relationship with Versace and his reaction to the sensational crime.

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Birthday: January 20, 1959 Nationality: Italian Famous: Gays, Fashion, Models, Fashion Designers Partners: Gianni Versace (1982–1997) Birth Place: Mesagne Gender: Male Sun Sign: Capricorn Information Detail Birthday January 20, 1959 Nationality Italian Famous Gays, Fashion, Models, Fashion Designers Partners Gianni Versace (1982–1997) Birth Place Mesagne Gender Male Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Mesagne Famous as Model

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Reports vary as to when D’Amico met Versace. Some sources list the year as 1982, but others claim that it was 1986. This meeting reportedly occurred at ‘La Scala,’ an opera house in Milan. Unsplash Personal Life

They then entered into both professional and personal partnerships, spanning several years. Although Versace did not reveal the relationship to the general public until 1995, he was very open about his intimate relationship with D’Amico within his intimate circles. The designer has recently objected to reports that Versace shied away from confirming the nature of this relationship, stating that Gianni never “tried to hide who he was” and that they “lived like a natural couple.” Unsplash Personal Life

After living in Milan for several years, they moved to Miami in 1992, where they lived at one of the several Versace residences. It was here that Andrew Cunanan, a troubled serial killer whose motives remain unclear to this day, shot and killed Versace on July 15, 1997. Unsplash Personal Life

Antonio D’Amico was born on January 20, 1959, in Mesagne, Italy. Not much is known about his early family life, but it is said that he moved to Milan in his initial years. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

One of his very first jobs was that of a part-time office administrator in Milan. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He worked intermittently as a model before being hired as a designer at ‘Versace.’ He was involved with ‘Istante’ and ‘Versus Sport,’ the sub-diffusion line of Donatella Versace’s ‘Versus.’ Unsplash Career

After the murder, he designed and presented a fashion collection at Milan in 1999, emphasizing later that it was funded by his personal savings and not by Versace’s legacy. Elton John, whom he met and befriended during his relationship with Gianni, attended the premier to support him. The line was unusually ambitious, housing both menswear and womenswear. ‘Spacewear’, a less expensive collection with more casual offerings such as jeans and T-shirts, was also released around the same time. Unsplash Career

He continued to design afterward, releasing ‘Pump,’ a denim line, with soccer star Massimo Lotti in 2012. D’Amico described this collection as “very city jeans but with the idea of country chic.”¬ The line was heavily inspired by the American West. Unsplash Career

His most recent collection, a golfwear line called ‘Antonio D’Amico Golf,’ premiered in 2017¬ and marked his return to sportswear. He has reportedly credited Elton John as the inspiration for his second major foray into design. Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 20, 1959
Nationality	Italian
Famous	Gays, Fashion, Models, Fashion Designers
Partners	Gianni Versace (1982–1997)
Birth Place	Mesagne
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Mesagne
Famous as	Model

Antonio D’Amico

Italian

Jan 20, 1959

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