For this year’s Versace Holiday 2019 campaign, the brand presents a six-chapter fashion narrative inspired by vintage romance novels. Created in collaboration with London-based publication Baroness, the piece is penned and visualized by artist Sarah Baker.

The short film that accompanies the Versace Holiday 2019 Saga depicts a snapshot of the book’s six-chapter narrative. The tale’s protagonists Angelina and the Baroness – played by multimedia artist Sarah Baker and supermodel Helena Christensen – find themselves in a riotous whirl of Versace style, rosé champagne, scandalous associations and empowering sisterhood.

The saga begins when Angelina, the founder and CEO of Narcissist Records, receives a blackmail note from an unknown source. Unsure who she can trust and determined to protect her burgeoning empire, she seeks answers from the Baroness. Together they discover that Angelo, Angelina’s former lover, is behind the threat to Angelina – he must be stopped, and the Baroness is never without a plan.

Guest edited by Donatella Versace, the campaign depicts the femme fatale genre through a 2019 lens.

Exemplifying the house’s design aesthetic and dedication to craftsmanship, handbags from the Virtus line are an exceptional holiday present.