Versace cheers for show-stopping Cup
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-27 08:47

The World Cup stopped the show for Versace on Monday as fashionistas watched Italy and Australia on a screen at the end of the catwalk and Donatella Versace herself only reluctantly broke away from the game.

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Italian designer Donatella Versace acknowledges the applause at the end of Gianni Versace's Spring/Summer 2007 men's collection during Milan Fashion Week June 26,2006.[Reuters]

Amid cries of "Mamma Mia", hands clasped over heads and spontaneous applause, the giant screen was eventually removed to allow the display of the spring-summer 2007 menswear collection to start -- with a delay.

After giving Reuters a brief backstage interview, platinum-haired Donatella Versace ran off to catch the rest of the game, bursting into a small room with a TV while shouting: "What's been happening?"

In one of the World Cup's most dramatic games, Italy won 1-0 with a last-minute penalty from Francesco Totti.