Let's face it, Donatella Versace has never been known for playing it safe. But as much as I enjoyed Versace's Men's Fall 2012 collection, debuted in Milan this week, I can't help but wonder if anyone other than Grayson Perry would actually wear the psychedelic flower print creations. Saying this, Versace never was considered a mass-appeal brand until its recent collaboration with H&M and Donatella will always be one of my favorite designers based on artistic admiration rather than the wearability element of her designs.
Style.com's Tim Blanks got it spot on when he wrote of the FW12 collection 'If the unapologetic crassness of such items compelled a memory-blessed segment of the audience to hark back to Versace's glory days in the eighties, these clothes weren't actually echoes of that era so much as an antidote to any suggestion of playing safe in the face of economic constraints. She who dares wins. Donatella knows this.'
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