Ever since his start at Givenchy, religion has always been the driving force behind some of Riccardo Tisci’s best work. That being, Tisci revisits familiar territory and delivers religion at Givenchy in a more blatant and in your your face than ever before.

While I always like to look at Givenchy casts as amongst on one of the world’s most random yet perfectly fitting, with Givenchy faithfuls and campaign faces in the mix, Riccardo Tisci downsizes a tad bit, cutting Spring 2010‘s 35 looks down to 28. Whether it was to make a bolder statement with high contrast colors, possibly, but no prints were seen this season. Instead, black and white became the collection’s main focus, with trousers gaining a little life at points with metal-like bird patterns appearing all over.

Sticking with his favorite uses of Bermudas, sandals, and legwear, no matter the season, we now see sandals simple in lightly quilted patent leather. As Bermudas are worn over blackout tights with usually bulkier tops created with perfectly tailored coats or even a T-shirt reading ‘Jesus Is Lord’.

My favorite detail the brought everything together were the golden crown-of-thorns necklaces that somehow make me wonder, if you were to slightly tip forward, would it lead to a gory end?

Highly delicate and poetic, but showing undertones of the religion and the darkness within it, Tisci can do no wrong.

The Full Collection / 40 Pics

[Images: Andrew Thomas]