MANIFESTO

#61

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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

RIVE DROITE

SAINT LAURENT BY
VANESSA BEECROFT

2023.02.15

Saint Laurent invites Vanessa Beecroft to photograph the Spring 23 collection: a selection of 14 polaroids is on display at Rive Droite stores in Paris and Los Angeles. 

COLLECTION

Gucci Après-Ski

2022.12.15

The Maison presents the new Gucci Après-Ski collection, a selection of garments designed for a luxurious and refined high-altitude season told through a retro campaign inspired by the relaxed atmosphere of winter holidays.

JACQUEMUS

"LE RAPHIA"

2022.12.13

Under a relentless rain of raffia, that breaks in like a summer storm, Jacquemus presents its new Spring Summer 2023 collection, titled “Le Raphia”. The natural fiber becomes the undisputed star moving from its raw essence to being extremely luxurious.

CELINE

Age of Indieness

2022.12.12

Age of Indieness spotlights an aesthetic raised from the indie-sleaze era of the 1990s and early 2000s, Celine’s Winter 2023 collection, designed by Hedi Slimane, walk the catwalk at the Wiltern Theatre in the heart of Los Angeles.

Fashion

Chanel
Métiers d’Art

2022.12.09

The Chanel Métiers d’Art 2022/23 collection, presented under the artistic direction of Virginie Viard, parades at the Palais de Justice in Dakar, capital of Senegal. The show is unique in terms of creativity, and a tribute to the savoir-faire of the place.