Donatella Versace Spent 11,000 Hours Creating 2 Showstopping Looks for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour

Published: June 11, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of crystals. 11,000 hours of work. One Beyoncé.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Donatella Versace shares the details behind making two showstopping looks for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour. The singer debuted the ensembles in London, where she will be performing until June 16.

The first Versace look that debuted on the stage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was totally Western — and totally Beyoncé — in design, featuring chaps covered in hand-cut and hand-sewn white fringe and a crystal-covered bodysuit. Following that was a quilted ball gown covered in the fashion house's signature barocco print. Together, both looks took a cumulative 11,000 hours to create.

Donatella tells PEOPLE that the gown, between the pair of looks, was her favorite, as it also featured a signature style created by her brother and Versace founder Gianni Versace, who died on July 15, 1997. "Gianni started this silhouette with the very fitted corset and oversized skirt with a touch of cowboy back in the '90s," she explains.

Being the artist that she is, Beyoncé and her team were fully involved in conceptualizing her outfits. Donatella adds that the Grammy winner saw a version of the barocco ball gown when it debuted in Versace's Fall 2025 collection in Milan and put her own flair to it. "She added the crystal embroidered boots, the Medusa Chain necklaces, and the cowboy hat to make it work for the tour."

Donatella says that working with Beyoncé was an honor, and while the collaboration alone would've been enough for the designer, she also had the opportunity to see her clothes come to life with her very own prime seat at the Cowboy Carter show."

Read more about Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour and her iconic fashion moments here and here.

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