Homing in on Versace

Luxury has a new address — Gallery Mall,MG Road,where Versace Home unveiled a 2,500 sq ft showroom earlier this week. So,if decadence means highlighting your home with a pouffe,the price tag is Rs 5 lakh. Or,if its a three-feet-long Czar sofa that you covet,you’ll be set back by Rs 23 lakh. At the launch,the Licensing Director of Versace,Gabriella Saracino,togged in the standard uniform—a demure black dress with a Versace clutch — talked about living the

Versace dream,“Our clientele is the well-heeled,someone who understands the Versace design sensibility. It is for people who want to make a statement.” Ironically,not everybody who crowded the store on the opening night agreed. Would you dress up your home in Versace? “No,” laughed Vidhushi Mehra,wife of designer Nikhil Mehra. But Shabnam Singhal,the owner of the mall,attired in a black Michael Kors fitting sheath with an LV belt,said,“Absolutely,people’s taste has evolved”.