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(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Mario Testino, Guest Editor. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1999. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Ultrasuede Wrappers in Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Greg Foley. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the twenty-ninth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "In this issue we explored the multifaceted nature of woman-as model, Madonna, muse, and more. Highlights include the eight-part black-and-white series by Brana Wolf, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin which featured such supermodels as Gisele Bundchen, Maggie Rizer, and Frankie Rayder in the nude, save for a Louis Vuitton cape draped here or a fur stole dangling there; Nobuyoshi Araki's photograph of a Vanessa Beecroft performance; and Nick Knight's life-size image of the very feminine, naked Natasha (nee David). Packaged in a multiplaned, mirrored case, the issue is a vertically bound volume of red ultrasuede whose pages are filled by Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Beth B, Kara Walker, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sarah Moon, Jane and Louise Wilson, Adam Fuss, Richard Phillips, David Bowie, Katy Grannan, Terry Richardson, and others". A brand new, most handsome unnumbered hors commerce copy marked "Display" by the publisher in the publisher's unprinted shipping carton. It has been priced accordingly. 1-888645-12-1 Inventory Number: 017789