Brothers

"The relationships among brothers and sisters don't follow set rules. Instead, they follow the ups and downs of life. We come together, and we separate, we become close, and we drift apart. We improvise. Calm seas or typhoons. One person falls overboard and someone rescues them again. You reach the port without any trouble or else you escape out to sea, chased by sharks. If I had to say what was and still is the most unusual aspect of my life, more even than the results I've achieved, it's been my love for this navigation. I've followed the wind, the winds of our family. I learned how to live from my parents, I've encouraged Gianni and Donatella's work, I've guarded our patrimony."

These are the words of Santo Versace, poetic words but always measured as is his nature. And in these pages he tells us his journey to here. An adventure that began in Reggio Calabria and led him to Milan and then on a conquest across the whole world. The story of a man who lived a thousand lives, handled power, wealth, fame, was not afraid to take a chance, believe in dreams and passions, was able to think big and go through adversity without being broken. And above all, he has never escaped his role: that of the older brother. He supported Gianni all his life and helped to translate his art into a company that the three siblings together turned into a myth. He was at the helm even in the darkest nights, when the pain and tragedy overwhelmed the family, because this is not only the story of one man but also that of a family: Versace.