D'Amico was born in
Mesagne, in the Italian
province of Brindisi, and later lived in
Milan. He was hired as a part-time office administrator for his first job. He met
Gianni Versace in 1982, and the couple eventually embarked on a long-term relationship that lasted 15 years, until Versace's murder in 1997. During that time, he worked as designer for the
Versace Sport line. Versace's will left D'Amico with a pension of 50 million
lira a month for life, and the right to live in any of Versace's homes in Italy and the United States. However, since the properties that were left to D'Amico in Gianni's will actually belonged to the company, the homes belonged to Versace's sister
Donatella, brother
Santo, and his niece,
Allegra after his death. After working out agreements with lawyers, D'Amico obtained a fraction of the pension and a restricted right to live in Gianni's properties. D'Amico's relations with the rest of the Versace family were not always easy; Donatella said in March 1999, "My relationship with Antonio is exactly as it was when Gianni was alive. I respected him as the boyfriend of my brother, but I never liked him as a person. So the relationship stayed the same." D'Amico died on 6 December 2022, at the age of 63. == In popular culture ==