Donatella Versace to star in Givenchy autumn/winter campaign

An unexpected move sees the two designers team up.

Wednesday 29 April 2015 09:39 BST

Donatella Versace is to star in the new season ad campaign for Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci.

The news was announced today on Tisci's Instagram account with an image of the two together with the caption:

"So proud and honored to introduce my new ultimate icon: Donatella Versace... FW15 Givenchy Family Campaign MORE TO COME SOON!"

A photo posted by riccardotisci17 (@riccardotisci17) on Apr 28, 2015 at 6:59am PDT

Tisci included hashtags for Mert and Marcus, hinting that photography duo captured the campaign. with former Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld as stylist.

Donatella Versace also commented on the announcement, reposting the image to Twitter and captioning it:

"'For my talented friend Riccardo. Together we break fashion boundaries today!- DV' FW 15 @givenchy Family Campaign"

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Justin Bieber stars in the spring/summer 2015 Calvin Klein Jeans campaign shot by Mert and Marcus.

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Irina Shayk stars alongside Jarrod Scott in the Linda Farrow spring/summer 2015 campaign shot by Mariano Vivanco

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Calvin Harris unveiled as the star of Emporio Armani's spring/summer 2015 campaign photographed by Boo George

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Jourdan Dunn and Naomi Campbell for Burberry's spring/summer 2015 campaign, shot by Mario Testino

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Naomi Campbell stars in the Agent Provocateur spring/summer 2015 campaign, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth

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Julia Roberts stars in Givenchy by Ricardo Tisci spring/summer 2015, shot by Mert and Marcus

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Versace spring/summer 2015 featuring Madonna, shot by Mert and Marcus

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Versace spring/summer 2015 featuring Madonna, shot by Mert and Marcus

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Jason Wu spring/summer 2015 featuring Karlie Kloss, shot by Inez Vinoodh

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Karolina Kurkova stars in the Giuseppe Zanotti campaign shot on the French Riviera.

Both houses have a history of casting powerful women to front their campaigns; for Spring Tisci chose Julia Roberts to front his campaign whilst at Versace it was Madonna.

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