Ousted at Versace, Dario Vitale Lands at Emporio Armani

Dario Vitale, the designer whose sole collection with Versace became almost mythic for fashion insiders, has landed at Emporio Armani, according to the New York Times. The paper reported on Wednesday that Vitale is taking on a corner of the Armani empire, without specifying the terms of the appointment.

The move is notable because it places a designer associated with one of Italy's most conspicuous houses inside another, and because the Times frames his brief Versace tenure as a curiosity of the trade press rather than a commercial episode. For foreign fashion desks, the story is less about a job than about how reputations are made and remade in Italian luxury.