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Donatella Versace poses with the Hass Brothers, the talented duo who created the luxurious furniture collection for Versace Home.

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Donatella Versace talks exclusively to T Emirates about Versaces collaboration with The Haas Brothers on a new collection she describes as couture for the home.
By Orna Ballout

For me, there is only ever one trend: more, more, more. This is how the famously ostentatious Italian designer Donatella Versace explains her home dcor preferences. Never one to shy away from the limelight, the Versace Group vice president and chief designers brash sense of style has long been epitomised in Versaces clothing and home wares collections. A long-time advocate of designer collaborations, Versace recently teamed up with Nikolai and Simon Haas of The Haas Brothers to produce a high-end furniture line. Recalling their first meeting in New York, Donatella is effusive in her praise of the LA-based designers. They came in with the most incredible ideas, and I knew immediately that I wanted to work with them. They are unafraid to be bold, and to be daring, she claims, adding that the duo were allowed complete freedom when designing the collection. Designed to challenge, the range features provocatively named pieces ranging from the Stud Club to the Bondage Bench a leather hallway bench that Donatella says pays homage to the Bondage collection designed in 1992 by the late Gianni Versace. Versace is confident the range will find favour in the UAE. I know that in your country people respect and demand true luxury, and something that no one else has. The [collection] is ideal for them, Donatella boldly claims.

For me, there is only ever one trend: more, more, more.

Clockwise from top: Stud Club Chair; The Donatella Chair; Honeycomb Club Chair; Bondage Bench; Honeycomb Side Table.

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T Emirates: The New York Times Style Magazine

Design July - August, 2013

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All images courtesy of Versace Home.