It’s pretty rare for a designer to be the face of another designer’s ads, but, if anyone can pull it off, it’s Donatella Versace. The fashion designer and VP of the Versace Group appears in a solo black and white photo for Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci‘s fall/winter 2015 ad campaign. It was a very chic team effort: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot the ad, Carine Roitfeld styled, and Tisci artistically directed. Wondering why Tisci choose the fashion icon and long-time pal? “I approached my friend Donatella because she represents what a fashion icon is to me. We thought it was time to break boundaries and give a strong message about how to think of fashion,” said Tisci in a statement. Donatella announced the news on Instagram, and wrote: “I believe in breaking rules. Ricardo Tisci is extremely talented and above all my dear friend. We are family. I want to get rid of the old system, work together, support each other and make fashion a true global community.”
