Burning dress, 2008
Italian installation artist Paolo Canevari’s cataclysmic ‘burning’ series takes on a new significance in Riccardo Tisci’s A#8. The ‘Burning Dress’ is artfully constructed around a crucifix, its heavy tulle layers bound around the wooden structure with raw edges and a constricting tightness. Photographed in the stark light of morning and printed askew on its side, the impact of the looming cross is heightened by the perspective. A timely image for Easter Sunday, and a reminder of the power of religious imagery in art and its increasing presence in fashion, due to designers like Riccardo Tisci, who wear their hearts and their beliefs on their sleeves. Literally.
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[...] slightly more frivolous world of fashion after meeting Riccardo Tisci in 2007 to collaborate on a project for AnOther magazine. “He gave me a Givenchy haute couture dress and said, ‘Do what you like [...]