What would you complete the missing gaps with? Why? Read the text below and complete each blank with one word. Gianni Versace was one of the (1) _MOST_____ successful fashion designers (2) _IN or DURING_____ the 1980s and 1990s. He was born in 1946, in Reggio, a (3) ____VERY__small town in Italy, where he learnt how to make clothes. In (4) _THE_____beginning, he sold his clothes to (5) ___A___manufacturer in Milan, but he was not as popular then (6) __AS____he was in later years. Very quickly he developed a personal style, which made him famous. He used bright colours and, over time, his clothes became more and (7) __MORE____extravagant. The more successful his collections were, the (8) __MORE____his talent was acknowledged. Celebrities (9) __LIKE____Princess Diana and Elton John loved his style. Versace also paid the (10) ______attention to his surroundings (11) ______he did to his clothes and spent (12) __LOTS____ of money on art and expensive furniture.Versace’s fame, however, is just (13) __ONE____ side of this story of style, which ended suddenly with his death (14) __IN____ the summer of 1997. Some fashion critics have described his clothes (15) __AS____ “fabulous rubbish” and criticised him for using cheap materials. Nevertheless, he has to be seen as one of the most influential designers of his generation.