Dario Vitale helped make Miu Miu a top fashion brand. Now he's set to be Versace's chief creative officer, a role Donatella Versace held for 28 years.

Gigi Hadid paid tribute to Donatella Versace after the fashion icon stepped down as chief creative officer for Versace

Donatella Versace is to step down as the main designer for the Versace brand after almost three decades, a move that has fanned talk of a sale of the business to rival Italian fashion house Prada .

Versace is in my DNA and always in my heart,” the Italian fashion maven wrote on Instagram, where she announced who will replace her.

It’s the end of an era at the House of Medusa—and the start of a new one. On Thursday, Versace announced that Donatella Versace, the pure embodiment of the brand’s va-va-voom glamor, is stepping down as creative director after nearly three decades. Her successor is Dario Vitale, a rising star who was most recently the design director of Miu Miu.

Donatella Versace has been replaced as creative director of the fashion house founded by her late brother Gianni Versace.

After nearly 30 years at the helm of Versace, Donatella Versace has officially stepped down as the brand’s creative director, marking the end of one of fashion’s most defining eras

Donatella Versace will step down as creative director of the luxury fashion house that bears her family name after nearly three decades and make way for Miu Miu designer Dario Vitale.

Donatella Versace has stepped down as creative director of her family’s eponymous fashion house after almost three decades in the role, as its US owner Capri Holdings edges closer to sell the Italian luxury company.

A day after it was announced that Donatella Versace was stepping down from the helm of the Italian fashion house, Jennifer Lopez reacted to the news on Instagram.