Dua Lipa X Versace 'Vacanza' collection
Dua Lipa X Versace ‘La Vacanza’ collection

On the Côte d’Azur, at a lavish chateau in Cannes, Dua Lipa and Donatella Versace debuted their shared vision with ‘La Vacanza’, a special collection co-designed by the two fashion trailblazers.

Spanning 40 looks, the collection featured signature touches from both Lipa and Donatella, including slinky chainmail, butterfly motifs, ultra mini hemlines and sensual cut-outs.

“Feeling overwhelmed with happiness and still taking in last night!,” Lipa shared on Instagram the following morning. “Creating this collection with my dear dear friend @donatella_versace has been the most incredible insightful, and inspiring process that I feel so lucky I got to experience. I want to thank the whole @versace team for holding my hand through this!!”

Donatella Versace, who has helmed the brand since her brother Gianni Versace‘s assassination in 1997, also shared her excitement.

“@dualipa, we did it! You are now both Versace supermodel AND Versace superdesigner,” she wrote. “We designed this collection with true friendship, love and joy at the heart of every piece we put on show tonight. Your passion and vision have inspired me throughout this creative journey. I love you more than you can imagine. Donatella x.”

After taking a minute to process it all, the British singer shared ample BTS coverage from the collaboration. In a ‘making of’-style clip, we see Donatella and Lipa coming together in Los Angeles to design together, before heading to Milan to work on the garment development.

And now, we see a glimpse at what it took to bring the runway itself together.

Between sweet footage of the co-designers admiring their work, to Lipa getting her own look together—a strappy black bodycon dress with gold logo hardware, to be specific—we see the journey behind the project.

On designing the collection, Versace wrote that she was by the idea of encapsulating the summertime. “I love the summer, and for me, this collection celebrates the very best of that time of year. Gorgeous colours, fun prints, and light silhouettes. This is the perfect summer collection—from lying by the pool in a fun printed bikini to dressing up to dance on hot summer evenings in the perfect evening dress—these clothes immediately make me think of my holidays and being in the sun.”

“Dua loves Fashion, I love Music—we are the perfect duo! We had such a good time designing this collection together. We felt like we were on vacation, and that is exactly the spirit we want people to feel when they wear our clothes.”

Dua Lipa Versace collection
Dua Lipa X Versace ‘La Vacanza’ collection via Instagram.com/versace