article_snippet.sent: Versace designer Donatella Versace, 59, is set to appear in a new ad campaign not for her own brand, but for GivenchyGivenchy.
article_snippet.sent: Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci, 40, revealed the surprising pick for his fall-winter campaign on Instagram yesterday, posting a black and white photo of his and Donatella, who his described as his ‘ultimate icon’.
article_snippet.sent: Versace designer Donatella Versace appears in a photo with Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy's new ad campaign . '
article_snippet.sent: So proud and honored to introduce my new ultimate icon: Donatella Versace...
article_snippet.sent: FW15 Givenchy Family Campaign [sic],' FW15 Givenchy Family Campaign [sic] wrote, while promising that more images from a new ad campaign not for her own brand will be unveiled soon.
article_snippet.sent: Fashionable friends: Donatella, left, and Riccardo, second from left, are longtime friends; Fashionable friends are pictured here with Franca Sozzani, second from right, and Naomi Campbell, right .
article_snippet.sent: : Donatella regularly appears in ads for Donatella own design house, Versace, but this is the first time Donatella is modeling for another designer.
article_snippet.sent: Casting Donatella in a new ad campaign not for her own brand is without a doubt an unusual choice - both high-fashion brands attract similar clientele, including celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Zoe Saldana - but the designers have actually been friends for years, since first meeting at a Vogue Italia dinner a decade ago.
article_snippet.sent: Donatella found Casting Donatella in the campaign most recent collection at the time to be 'very beautiful - super sexy' before adding that Donatella would 'wear all of it'.
article_snippet.sent: Donatella, you are so much of a Givenchy woman!'
article_snippet.sent: I would really love to see you dressed in Givenchy.'
article_snippet.sent: Both Givenchy and Versace have many celebrity fans; Donatella is pictured here with Versace lovers Kate Hudson, left, and Goldie Hawn, right, at Paris Haute Couture Week Paris Haute Couture Week this year .
article_snippet.sent: At Paris Haute Couture Week earlier this year, the designer Givenchy posted a picture of the pair together backstage and referred to Donatella as a 'couture queen' in the photo's caption.
article_snippet.sent: Now, Donatella is returning the complement by lending Donatella face to his Givenchy ads. '
article_snippet.sent: You are one of the most talented designers there,' Donatella told his in 2011. '
article_snippet.sent: Now the pair together will have Givenchy's fall-winter campaign in common too.
highlights_snippet.sent: Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci, 40, announced that Donatella, 59, will appear in his new ad campaign .
  