There's no need for a famous face in this campaign.

The clothes are doing all the talking.

As Diane Von Furstenberg takes a bit of inspiration from Salvador Dali for her eponymous label's spring/summer campaign.

The art world is having a serious fashion moment this season - Rodarte kitted out its girls in frocks adorned with Van Gogh's sunflowers, while Jil Sander printed Picasso portraits on its knits.

Diane Von Furstenberg spring/summer 12Diane Von Furstenberg Spring/Summer '12And while DVF didn't host its own art show on the catwalk, there's a definite surrealist air to its campaign.

Shot by Camilla Akrans, the desert-set scenes show models masked by a reflection of the clear sky opposite.

Gwyneth Paltrow - Harper's Bazaar - 02.12Gwyneth Paltrow for Harper's BazaarGiven that Diane partied with Dali in the 70s, his influence is clearly no accident - though she's forgone the dripping clocks and butterflies the artist was most famous for.

So do DVF's faceless girls spell a movement away from the moment of the It-model and an affirmation that the clothes can speak for themselves?

Harper's Bazaar seems to second the sentiment. This week it released a subscribers' copy of its March issue fronted by Gwyneth Paltrow - although you wouldn't know it from first appearances, as her famous face is covered by her hair.

Who'll be next to follow suit, we wonder?

Learn a little more about Diane and her fashion empire in the gallery below.

By Hayley Spencer


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