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VISIONAIRE - FASHION
Visionaire, issues 19-32, New York, 1996-2000 (14)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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VISIONAIRE - FASHION

Visionaire, issues 19-32, illustrations (many photographic), some with "additions", publisher's bindings, boxes and cases in a variety of materials, box of issue 24 with some abrasions, of issue 19 a few small creases, but otherwise fine condition, various shapes and sizes, New York, 1996-2000 (14)

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A run of the high-production-value, fashion photography, slightly fetishistic, "book as object" periodical Visionaire - each issue uniquely presented in a different format. This run includes numbers 19, Beauty, in a mirrored mylar case complete with lipstick, mascara and lip gloss; 20, Comme des Garçons, produced in collaboration with Alexander McQueen and with a dress pattern printed on muslin; 21, Deck of Cards/Diamond, in an individual jewellery box with its own lock and key (a real diamond was offered for one lucky subscriber); 22, Chic, with an actual piece of the Versace dress Madonna wore to the Evita premiere; 23, The Emperor's New Clothes, the 'nude' issue featuring photographs of supermodels and actors such as Linda Evangelista, Rupert Everett, Julie Delpy and Demi Moore; 24, Light, designed by Tom Ford for Gucci; 28, Bible, housed in a molded plastic "energy space" designed by Philippe Starck; 32, Where?, housed in a Hermes pouch and box, the last 2 mentioned with contributions by Andreas Gursky, and Wolfgang Tillmans.

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