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Black Versace Medusa Biggie messenger bag with gold hardware and a woven strap on pale stone.

Versace

Founded by Gianni Versace in 1978, the house revisits a graphic from its mid-1990s collections through Medusa ’95. Its Spring–Summer 2026 presentation connected sculptural handbags with the galleries of Milan’s Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.

Founded by Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace founded the house in 1978. The house was founded in Milan; its current profile frames it around self-expression across fashion and other lifestyle fields.1,2,3

Medusa as a design code

Medusa ’95 revisits a house graphic seen in collections of the mid-1990s. A smaller Medusa sits within metal details inspired by Greek architecture; the motif also appears across footwear, accessories and ready-to-wear.4,5

Shape and surface in Spring–Summer 2026

Spring–Summer 2026 handbags use geometric forms and reworked classic silhouettes. Embossed leather and brushed hardware surround the Medusa in the Spring–Summer 2026 show, reworking a familiar emblem through surface and form.6

The essentials

Founded
1978, Milan
Headquarters
Milan, Italy
Official site
versace.com

Look closer

Detail of a fitted colourful Versace dress with repeated pop-art faces and a beaded upper edge.
Warhol-derived faces follow the waist in a study of Versace’s spring/summer 1991 evening dress.
Sources and citations (9)
  1. Versace Company Profile
  2. Versace Company Profile
  3. Organisational Model, section 6.1 “Brief History of Gianni Versace”
  4. A Signature House Code: Medusa ’95
  5. L’inconfondibile grafica della Maison: Medusa ’95
  6. Spring Summer 2026
  7. Gianni Versace, Evening dress, spring/summer 1991
  8. Gianni Versace, Dress, spring/summer 1994, edition 2016
  9. Metal Mesh Gown, style 1020436-1A12739

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