Riding the wave of the recent fashion reissue frenzy, Donatella Versace puts together the brand’s storied past and revered Roman mythology in the new Virtus bags.

There isn&rsquo;t a time where Donatella Versace shows up on a&nbsp;runway with just clothes. For every retrospective print,&nbsp;symbolic motif and incisive tailoring&mdash;sexy or assertive&mdash;&nbsp;there&rsquo;s always context.

Even when it is not as pointed as her donning her fierce, cateyed&nbsp;model brigade in politically charged uniforms calling for&nbsp;unity a few seasons back, the crux of Versace&rsquo;s works remains:&nbsp;it is a brand by and for a self&ndash;autonomous women.

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Her Virtus handbag line echoes this sentiment. A direct reference&nbsp;to the Roman deity of courage, strength and excellence, these&nbsp;virtues are expressed through the many styles of the Virtus.&nbsp;From the get-go, Versace plays up the element of excellence&nbsp;with a central gold-tone metal Barocco letter V.

Attributing it to the women of ancient Rome who were&nbsp;emboldened to pursue an education and engage in discussions&nbsp;of philosophy, politics and logic, the chief creative officer&nbsp;puts the house&rsquo;s and her own artistic bravado on display.&nbsp;She begins dissecting the brand&rsquo;s extensive archive to find&nbsp;the new in the old.

Combing through prints after prints before settling on the&nbsp;Personal Alphabet, first debuting in Versace&rsquo;s Spring/Summer&nbsp;1992 extravaganza, Versace in turn adds her own spin to it&nbsp;as she reimagines the acanthus leaves from Gianni&rsquo;s iconic&nbsp;Barocco into shimmering vines trailing the hardware.

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A tribute to Virtus women whose strength and ambition know&nbsp;no bounds, supple calf leather is rendered into a slew of boxy&nbsp;silhouettes including tote, top handle, belt, shoulder and&nbsp;evening bags. In some instances, the material is quilted into a&nbsp;V-letter pattern which speaks of the brand&rsquo;s supreme leather&nbsp;workmanship.

The Virtus also comes in a variety of colours such as turquoise,&nbsp;fuchsia, coral red, camel, black and white, and finishes&mdash;&nbsp;Versace&rsquo;s way of encouraging her vixens to be courageous&nbsp;and confident with their fashion choices, and more importantly&nbsp;unafraid of making mistakes.

Along with the bold colourway, smooth jacquard inserts&nbsp;with the V-letter motif embroidered in metallic thread are&nbsp;accorded in select models to lend the range that next-level&nbsp;luxe treatment.

Swipe the gallerry to check out Versace Virtus bag:

Visit <a href="https://www.versace.com/international/en/women/bags/virtus-bag/virtus-shoulder-bag-k2ktp/DBFG985-D5VIT_K2KTP.html">versace.com</a> to find out more.

#VersaceVirtus: Versace latest bag design from Fall Winter 2019 collection

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