Visiting Versace’s Spring 2004 Show (FWC TBFashion)

Welcome to another edition of Forever Wanted Club Magazine’s ‘FWC TBFashion’ where we go back in time and revisit some of the most iconic moments in fashion, it’s throwback thursday and it’s throwback fashion time! For today’s FWC TBFashion we’re looking at VERSACE’s stunning Spring 2004 runway show.

With Beyoncé and Mariah Carey lined up as her front-row celebrity focus group, it came as no surprise when Donatella Versace trotted out an eye-popping spectacle of color and print. Versace’s multihued petal power overflowed with hothouse citrus, turquoise, pink, and violet—all those shades that look best in the sun, on utterly bodacious bodies.

Using a combination of stretchy draped tops, thigh-hugging pedal pushers, and a huge rush of floral gowns, Versace reprised something of the exuberant eighties optimism for which her brother Gianni was known. (Linda Evangelista walked the show as a reminder of those high old days.) There were halternecks, bra tops, and flouncy rumba blouses.

A turquoise suit—if a jacket and a pair of micro shorts qualifies for such a description—came printed with magenta daisies. Tiny chiffon ruffles trimmed everything from plunging necklines on trailing evening gowns to provocative bikini bottoms. There were some calmer moments, like white suits and a couple of tooled leather, frill-embellished jackets and coats. But as the models strode up and down, big hair bouncing and curves outlined to the max, this looked like a collection aimed directly at divas.