News Summary

• Christian imagery has come to shape the industry in profound ways.
• For centuries, fashion was cast as the troublesome, if not villainous, enemy of a pure and spiritual Christianity.
• The devil, for instance, occasionally appeared in fashion advertising to suggest sin, sensuality and transgression.
• In the 1990s, Christianity began playing an even larger part in fashion, as the Virgin Mary and saints began to appear in garments..
• Designer Gianni Versace challenged this tacit rule in his Fall/Winter 1991 collection.