Antonio D'Amico

For the racing driver, see Antonio D'Amico (driver).

Antonio D'Amico (20 January 1959 – 6 December 2022) was an Italian fashion designer and model.^[1][2]

Antonio D'Amico
Born	(1959-01-20)20 January 1959 Mesagne, Brindisi, Italy
Died	6 December 2022(2022-12-06) (aged 63) Manerba del Garda, Brescia, Italy
Occupation	Fashion designer
Partner	Gianni Versace (1982–1997; his death)

Biography

D'Amico was born in Mesagne, in the Italian province of Brindisi, and later lived in Milan. He was hired as a part-time office administrator for his first job.^{[citation needed]} He met Gianni Versace in 1982, and the couple eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 15 years, until Versace's murder in 1997.^[3] During that time, he worked as designer for the Versace Sport line.^[3] D'Amico later ran his own fashion design company.^[4]

Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million lira a month for life,^[5] and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States.^[6] 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."^[7]

D'Amico died on 6 December 2022, at the age of 63.^[8]

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 Ricky Martin in the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018).^[9] Martin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance.

References

1. "Addio ad Antonio D'Amico, ex compagno di Gianni Versace". Corriere.it (in Italian). 22 December 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
2. . The Knitting Circle. 28 August 2001. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007.
3. Spindler, Amy M. (16 July 1997). "Gianni Versace, 50, the Designer Who Infused Fashion With Life and Art". The New York Times.
4. Hardie, Beth (25 April 2018). "What happened to Gianni Versace's long-term boyfriend? Antonio D'Amico, their 'open relationship' and what he looks like now". The Mirror. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
5. Ball, D. (2011). House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307406521.
6. "Remembrance: Gianni Versace (1946–1997)". The Advocate. Here Publishing. 20 January 1998. pp. 76–77. ISSN 0001-8996.
7. Horyn, Cathy (25 May 1999). "Versaces Halt Unauthorized Book on Slain Designer". The New York Times.
8. "È morto Antonio D'Amico, storico compagno di Gianni Versace". Spettacolo Fanpage. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (7 April 2017). "Ricky Martin To Co-Star In 'Versace: American Crime Story' FX Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 January 2018.