Geri's old school glamour turns heads at Versace tribute

The former Spice Girl, who recently agreed to reunite with her former bandmates for a money-spinning world tour, channelled the style and glamour of a bygone era for her appearance at an event to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace.

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Old school glamour: Geri Halliwell dazzles on the red carpet at the tribute to designer Gianni Versace on the 10th anniversary of his murder

With her tumbling Titian locks, and discreetly made-up appearance, Geri turned heads as she arrived at the Palazzo Reale following a ballet performance, for a private dinner organised by the Versace family for 1500 guests.

Geri poured her ultra-slim figure into a floor-length gown with a corset bodice, taking a leaf from fashion forward bandmate Posh, in this season's fashionable nude shade, accessorised with an antique gold clutch.

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Gorgeous: Geri chose a fashionable nude coloured gown with a tightly corseted bodice

There was no sign of Geri's new man, Russian billionaire, Evgeny Lebedev. The pair have enjoyed a series of secret dates, but they made their first public appearance together at The Serpentine Gallery summer party in London last week.

A source told the Daily Mirror: "They looked very much together all night and were whispering in each other's ears".

"Geri seemed totally besotted with him and kept touching his arm. And it looked like the feeling was very much mutual."

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The 26-year-old Russian, whose dad is reported to be an ex-KGB agent, is said to have met Geri through Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich. But his spokeswoman has not confirmed the romance.

Geri joined supermodels Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and actress Jessica Alba among others to attend a specially commissioned ballet performed to mark the 10th anniversary of the designer's death.

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Jessica Alba turned up for the moving tribute to Gianni Versace

Supermodels: Versaces favourite models Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell attended

Thanks Gianni, With Love was put together by French choreographer Maurice Bejart, for whom Versace designed many stage costumes. About 1,500 guests attended the show at the La Scala opera house.

Versace's sister and muse Donatella, who took over the fashion empire, created several costumes for the ballet.

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Guests at the event enjoyed a specially written ballet

Family Versace: The family turned out for the tribute to murdered designer Gianni Versace, including sister Donatella and daughter Allegra

Donatella said: "It is the most beautiful gift I could do for him. He was a genius and a simple exhibition of his designs would have been banal.

"Fashion wasn't enough for him, he also loved art, music, history and dance."

The designer, whose funeral was attended by Princess Diance, was murdered outside his Miami mansion on 15 July, 1997.