Steven Gaines is the author of twelve books, including a New York Times bestselling social and cultural portrait of the Hamptons, Philistines at the Hedgerow. He is a contributing editor at New York Magazine, and his journalism has appeared in The New York Times, New York Observer, and Vanity Fair.

In an excerpt from Fool’s Paradise, Steven Gaines considers the enduring influence of Gianni Versace on South Beach.