MEDUSA REIGNS AGAIN

The Versace Medusa '95 is the newest 'It' bag in town, with a history that precedes its freshly-reanointed status. Ashwini Arun Kumar finds out more about the design that actor Anne Hathaway was seen clutching in the house's latest campaign

- Ashwini Arun Kumar

Picture this: Gianni Versace, the founder of the Italian fashion house Versace, is showcasing the Spring 1995 collection in Milan. There are loud cheers (a YouTube video is proof) when Canadian supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri walks out wearing look no. 15 - a white mini dress with a fitted bodice and a fluid asymmetric skirt - the first of the many evening dresses that were shown on the runway that day, all with one common unmissable detail: the Medusa hardware connecting the fitted bustiers with the thin shoulder straps.