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strengthen its balance sheet to help fund expansion in overseas markets such as Asia before a possible listing further down the road.for a jeweled box clutch for back-tie fetes or a carryall structured tote for your 9-to-5, the season's best bags are offering in a variety of buy Hermes Beltsilhouettes, rich textures, and bold hues A source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters last week Versace was looking to sell a stake of up to 20 percent by the end of 2013 in a deal that would value the group at more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion).The show is scheduled to start at 10.30am start on Saturday, September 21st, which, while sandwiched nicely in the calendar between Emporio Armani on Friday and Giorgio Armani on Monday, pits it against a considerable challenger. Saturday morning during Milan Fashion Week is, you see,

 the sacred time for “shoe appointments,” a euphemism for shopping. Yet the buzz around “the new Stella” is such that the front-row set are confirming attendance in Via Bergognone rather than Via Monte Napoleone. So why Stella Jean?Stripes” — the latter for a father who hailed from industrial Turin and the former “for the black side of me, the black roots of the Caribbean islands.” Certainly, the first thing that attracts the eye to Stella Jean’s work is her vivid use of colour and riotous prints; these in contrast to somber stripes and silhouettes so proper, they’d suit Vivien Leigh in The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone. Firstly, she isn’t a baby designer. Rather, she is a woman of 34, mother of two and a former model (although she disliked all  Hermes Kellybut the fittings and watching the designers at work).

 She launched her eponymous label in Rome in 2011, but far from being an overnight success, she twice failed to even qualify for the talent competition “Who Is On Next,” supported by Vogue Italia as part of the Alta Roma schedule. It was third-time luck when she finally qualified, then won. Versace chief executive Gian Giacomo Ferraris has said the fashion group planned to sell a minority stake privately before listing shares publicly in three to five years. The company is entirely controlled by the Versace Hermes Paris Bombay Bagsfamily: late founder Gianni Versace’s sister Donatella has a 20 percent stake, her brother Santo has 30 percent while Donatella’s daughter Allegra has the remaining 50 percent. In August Il Sole 24 Ore said a “teaser” — or data sheet about the company — had been sent at the end of July to some 10 investors potentially interested in the group.