MANIFESTO

#61

ART NOW

GUCCI LOVE PARADE

2021.11.05

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
NOVEMBER 2ND 2021

Gucci presents idols of a new contemporary cosmogony where logo racy catsuits are juxtaposed to sharp cut blazers and voluminous hyper feminine dresses easily dialogue with that California ease twist.

“Back then, we lived in a squat in the outskirts of Rome. I needed to be able to breathe. Those subversive tales helped me in piercing the grayness. That was my escape, my desertion. Down in that tiny speck in the world, HOLLYWOOD seemed a bright and shiny star. Nine letters dripping with desire.”

 

-Alessandro Michele

Alessandro Michele starts from his past and brings us all to a new dimension which says a lot about the hic and nunc, still winking at the future. At a first sight it seems he celebrates Hollywood sparkling greatness but getting closer to his references and sources of inspiration you realise it’s not just that, he celebrates his past, his mum, who used to work in the film industry as an assistant in a production company, and the way she fed him with stories about that dream factory. Indeed, it isn’t just about Hollywood but the idea of it, the indefeasible gift of dreaming and the mythopoetic aura of cinema. Once again, the Creative Director discourse masterfully melts past, present and future. “Hollywood is, after all, a Greek temple populated by pagan divinities”, which made Hollywood Boulevard the perfect backdrop for Gucci’s magic, where friends of the House such as Macaulay Culkin, Miranda July, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Jared Leto, to name a few, became idols of a new contemporary cosmogony where 1940s-meets-1970s tailoring, Gucci logo racy catsuits are juxtaposed to sharp cut blazers and floppy fabric corsages easily dialogue with that California ease twist.

“Los Angeles shines in its own magic, which is timeless; it’s a place that brushes the divinities, becoming a mythology of the possible.”

-Alessandro Michele’s mum

LOUIS VUITTON

GHESQUIÈRE OCTOBER 2014

2023.09.20

The GO-14 bag, an acronym for Ghesquière October 2014, originated as one of the first creations to mark the designer’s debut at the head of the Louis Vuitton Maison.

NEWS

On Foot

2023.09.19

The exhibition On Foot, curated by Jonathan Anderson at Offer Waterman Gallery, will bring contemporary artists in dialogue with works of modern British Art and some interventions conceived by the designer himself.

EXHIBITION

MODE ET SPORT. D'UN PODIUM À L'AUTRE

2023.09.18

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presents Mode et Sport: from September 20th 2023 will be possible to discover the fascinating interconnections between fashion and sport from the ancient world to the present day.

V&A Museaum

FASHION MANIFESTO

2023.09.15

The first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the visionary couturier Gabrielle Coco Chanel – Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto will open on September 16th 2023 at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

JEWELLERY

A BAG BECOMES JEWELLERY

2023.09.14

From September 13th, the Kelly by Hermès will be the star of an exhibition in the Milan boutique of Via Montenapoleone, where the Kellymorphose retrospective will be staged, boldly and surprisingly reinterpreting the brand’s iconic accessory in the world of jewellery.