Medusa

Medusa é uma figura da mitologia grega (uma das três Górgonas). Medusa era uma estampa! tinha uma beleza estonteante, mas a Deusa Atena transformou-a numa criatura horrível com ninhos de serpentes no cabelo e dentes de javali. Diz-se que por ter feito amor no templo da Deusa (o templo de Atena), com Poseidon.

"The world of the Italian designer Gianni Versace is reflected in the Medusa -
head symbol, that is ornamented in a typically Greek fashion. The choice was
made deliberately. Medusa does not only epitomise beauty - Greek art and
philosophy, however, attributed also a fatal fascination to her. Her beauty is
of a kind that is spell binding and confusing. In Greek mythology Medusa is one
of the three Gorgons. Originally a beautiful virgin, she was turned into a
horrific sight by the goddess Athene - serpents instead of hair, teeth like a
wild boar and lolling tongue – because she had desecrated Athene’s temple by
making love to Poseidon there. She was so terrible to look at that everybody who
regarded her face turned into stone. Finally, she was killed by Perseus, who cut
her head with a sword. "

Extraído de
www.versace.com/ a medusa de Versace

Ao cruzar o olhar com a Medusa, qualquer mortal era (estou convencida que ainda é) convertido em pedra.