THE NAKED & THE DRESSED: 20 YEARS OF VERSACE BY AVEDON by Avedon, Richard (Photographer) & Versace, Gianni (Fashion Designer/Subject) - 1998

New York City, NY: Random House, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Random House, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 173 pages. Rare Richard Avedon and Gianni Versace collectible set. Copies of "The Naked And The Dressed", the "Versace Runway Hits" Compact Disc (CD), which features the music the fashion designer used for his shows coupled with a CD booklet of images selected by Avedon from his book, and a 6 X 4 inch bookplate signed by Avedon. Memorial collection of photographs. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. A brilliant production by Mary Shanahan: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the back cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Avedon. Except for the captions at the end, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Milan, Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Avedon's "The Naked And The Dressed: 20 Years of Versace by Avedon". As the title suggests, fashion as well as male and female nudes that capture the inimitable Versace style. Avedon helped mold, realize, and perfect (over two decades of global desire) the flamboyant, sexy, and yet always classy imagery of the great designer's work and public persona, which were inseparable from each other. Includes now-classic images of such figures as Cindy Crawford, Joel West, Marcus Schenkenburg, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Bon Jovi, and Elton John (mock pose on the cover in a Versace gown). Together with few contemporaries, Versace earned the right to say: "I. Am. Fashion". Comes with the CD of Versace's runway music, released simultaneously with the book, featuring a booklet of Avedon's images. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, set for Avedon and Versace collectors. This copy comes with a 6 X 4 inch bookplate, laid-in, that is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker by Avedon. It also comes with the "Versace Runway Hits" Compact Disc (CD), which features the music the fashion designer used for his shows coupled with a CD booklet of images selected by Avedon from his book. This title is a fashion and photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only set available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Avedon signed the bookplate, NOT the book. He did NOT tour to promote the book. So his publisher issued a very limited number of signed bookplates instead. A rare set thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Two of the greatest image-makers of the 20th century. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER AVEDON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375501576.