As former Miu Miu design director Dario Vitale takes over, Donatella will now become an ambassador for the Versace brand. The big question is what that means for both the company and Donatella herself, who has poured her life into the company, dealing with grief, drug addiction and divorce along the way?

Donatella Versace, one of the world’s best-known designers, is stepping down as chief creative officer of the brand that bears her family name, marking the end of an era for the fashion house that could soon change hands.

Donatella Versace took the reins of her family's eponymous brand after the July 1997 murder of her brother Gianni, the famed Italian fashion designer.