The House of Versace | The Experience | 24
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In the studio, Donatella is Gianni’s shadow. She’s always there to give her honest opinion, pushing her brother to go big or go home. Sure, they fight sometimes, but Gianni’s the first to admit that he needs his sister — right up until she goes behind his back.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonder Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
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| 0:07.0 | What's that? It's wedding bells because someone's getting married. |
| 0:17.3 | Ooh, who? Donna Tella Versace and Paul Beck. |
| 0:21.2 | Okay, am I invited? |
| 0:22.8 | Of course, everyone is because it's our podcast and we can invite anyone we want. |
| 0:26.8 | Fair point. |
| 0:27.8 | But you'll have to travel back in time about 25 years, or just use your imagination. It's March 1983 and the Versace family is |
| 0:38.0 | crowded into a teeny tiny stone church in the Port Village of Moltrosoe. The church is on the western shore of Lake |
| 0:44.8 | Como and the location is the definition of an Italian paradise, a gorgeous lake |
| 0:50.3 | surrounded by hilly vineyards, olive trees, wisteria vines, and alpine peaks. |
| 0:55.8 | Oh man, I'm way underdressed. I'm still in my PJs. Well no one notices. |
| 1:01.2 | They're looking at the bride as she enters the church. |
| 1:03.8 | They're dying to know what and who she's wearing. |
| 1:07.4 | She's in a dress that Gianni made just for her. |
| 1:10.4 | It's off white silk with just a hint of yellow. It's simple, wraps across her bust, drops into a wide band in the middle, and seamlessly blends into an exquisitely tailored skirt. |
| 1:23.2 | Like everything Gianney does, he put his heart and soul into this dress, and outwardly he's |
| 1:28.6 | thrilled for the couple, but privately he's not so sure it'll last. |
| 1:33.0 | According to the book, The House of Versace, |
| 1:35.0 | he told one of his seamstresses, |
| 1:37.0 | I don't know why we're going to all this trouble. |
| 1:40.0 | They'll split within a couple of years. |
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