Gucci’s collection for the Spring-Summer season is presented a bit like a compilation of Alessandro Michele’s greatest inspirations: the grandeur of 18th century Venice, but also that of Asia, its landscapes and its divinities… Another of Michele’s passions, the golden age of Hollywood, is also present and accounted for. Taken with romantic flair, the designer has centered his collection around the theme of “Magic Lamps”, an evocative title since each of the styles that went down the runway in Milan indeed possesses a bewitching aspect.
Nabokov, Canetti, William Blake… the references are multiple. “In this collection, every piece tells a story made of wonders and unorthodox fantasy,” explains Michele. This is how the legendary Flora motif imagined for Princess Grace of Monaco in 1966 borrows from the aesthetics of 1930s Shanghai to create a fascinating allure. Borrowing from baroque opulence, the motif is also printed on a silk foulard, just like Grace Kelly originally asked Rodolfo Gucci, to illustrate the current era and a desire to unearth the richness of details of yesteryear. Yes, it seems that the motif created to offer Grace Kelly the most beautiful floral foulard that ever was imagined marvelously suits the aesthetics of Alessandro Michele.
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