The designer behind one of the most polarizing but critically beloved debuts of Fashion Month is out of a job. Versace and Dario Vitale, the label’s first successor to Donatella Versace , have “mutually agreed to part ways,” according to a statement from the brand.

Usually, even the most impatient luxury houses give their new designers a few seasons to figure out their vision for the brand. But much has changed since former Miu Miu design director Vitale joined Versace in March. The Prada Group announced just a few weeks later, in April, that it would buy Versace from its American owner, the parent company of Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo. That acquisition finally closed on Monday in a $1.375 billion cash deal. Miuccia Prada and her husband, company chairman Patrizio Bertelli, have appo

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