Antonio D'Amico (20 January 1959 – 6 December 2022) was an Italian fashion designer and model.

Biography

D'Amico was born in Mesagne, in the Italian

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, and later lived in

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. He was hired as a part-time office administrator for his first job. He met

Gianni Versace Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace (; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up ...

in 1982, and the couple eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 15 years, until Versace's murder in 1997. During that time, he worked as designer for the

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Sport line. D'Amico later ran his own fashion design company. Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million

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a month for life, and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States. However, since the properties that were left to D'Amico in Gianni's will actually belonged to the company, the homes belonged to Versace's sister Donatella, brother Santo, and his niece, Allegra after his death. After working out agreements with lawyers, D'Amico obtained a fraction of the pension and a restricted right to live in Gianni's properties. D'Amico's relations with the rest of the Versace family were not always easy; Donatella said in March 1999, "My relationship with Antonio is exactly as it was when Gianni was alive. I respected him as the boyfriend of my brother, but I never liked him as a person. So the relationship stayed the same." D'Amico died on 6 December 2022, at the age of 63.

In popular culture

D'Amico was portrayed by Oscar Torre in the film '' The Versace Murder'' (1998), by Stefano DiMatteo in the film '' House of Versace'' (2013), and

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in the miniseries '' The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'' (2018). Martin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance.

References

1959 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Italian LGBTQ people Fashion designers from Milan Italian male models LGBTQ fashion designers Gay models Italian LGBTQ models Italian gay men People from Mesagne Versace family {{Italy-artist-stub