Nope, don't expect to grab an issue down your local newsie, nor find a dog-eared copy lurking behind Vogue in Smiths. In-between keeping us in suspenders over the will-he-won't-he-succeed-Galliano at Dior, Riccardo Tisci has found time to curate the latest edition of Visionaire, and boy, what a pricey tome it is. At an eyewatering £300, the 60th concept edition will come in its own itty-bitty wooden box.

Given the majority of Tisci's Givenchy back catalogue worships at the altar of Catholicism and all its iconography, it's of no surprise this issue is on Religion. From the extracts, Tisci has explored this in your predictable archetypo-Madonna way (read: burning crosses, veils, bare tittys aplenty) and hijacked the talent of his fashion buddies, Karl Lagerfeld, Carine Roitfeld, Helmut Lang et al.

Within its holier-than-thou pages expect to see Mario Sorrenti's modern 'Madonna and Child' with Arizona Muse, Kate Moss as an angel (can someone say, 'oxymoron') shot by Nick Knight and Lea T stylised as a sarcophagus. There's no denying the pics are hella pretty but seriously, for 300 quid we'd hope for the box to double-up as pop-up model Vatican complete with micro-Pope and Cardinals. At least.      

Posted on May 03, 2011 at 4:43:18 by The Real Runway