Italian Vogue is once again making headlines. The rag behind the industry’s first all-black issue has garnered quite a bit of attention as of late thanks to a 100-page editorial spread shot by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. While the feature’s concept -- life in Miami as seen through the eyes of various A-listers -- isn’t so scandalous, the fact that none of the fashion featured is credited most definitely is. Fashion editorials have long served as another means through which clothing is advertised (meaning, highlighting a certain high-fashion designer in an editorial might warrant that same designer to purchase ad space). But, here, as readers know nothing about where the clothes themselves come from, there’s essentially nothing for sale. But what about getting really, quite literally bare of fashion?

Refinery 29 notes (with some seriously NSFW photos) a fashion rag trend taking place that falls right in line with Italian Vogue’s eyebrow-raising editorial spread: nudity. What started on the SS09 runway as transparent frocks and flesh-friendly looks has translated into full-on nude editorial spreads. In both the latest issue of Gauvure, a fashion and art magazine, and the debut installation of Tar magazine, models are shown more often than not in “not a stitch of clothing.” It’s definitely one way to approach the concept of recession-friendly fashion. Though, as long as indecency laws exist, it seems unlikely the trend will lend itself to a real world application.