[eugenius]

Although I never bought anything Gucci/YSL and wasn't quite 100% sold on his take on menswear, there was a certain sleekness I found in a lot of it..At that time, I remember his wide-legged trousers speaking to me much more than Hedi's skinny-boy pants that were quickly being adopted by nearly everybody else.

(source: fashionisto.com)

[Spike413]

I remember loving that look and the way it was styled in that photograph back when I got that issue of GQ or whatever it was. I still love it all these years later. Those flares are killer.

[eugenius]

^Yeah, it was GQ..He also used the look of the flared style for his YSL menswear (a reference to the YSL of the 70s), and thinking "Wow, that's a look I wanna copy." (Wait, are there looks here from his YSL menswear days?)

When I look at this look, and look at Perry Ferrell in the John Varvatos ad, I can see yet another example of John Varvatos being heavily "inspired" from Tom Ford..And isn't imitation the greatest form of flattery?

[christian zh]

The History of Gucci: 1994 - 2003
from World Fashion Channel
sorry, but it's not the original soundtrack

[kasper!]

Can anyone post his collection for YSL 03FW from firstview, that's my all-time favourite..

BTW does anyone here collect editorial photos of his old work(96-04, Gucci & YSL)? I have a few and will post them later..

[scratchBOOK]

here
http://www.stylebistro.com/runway/Yv...ll+2003/browse

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Gucci S/S 1995









Gucci F/W 95.96 Milan

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Gucci S/S 2001 Milan









Gucci F/W 01.02 Milan

[kasper!]

All the Gucci collection is free to view on firstview...start from 96SS

[Spike413]

This YouTube channel is officially the best thing YouTube has going for it...

Gucci S/S 1997

[Spike413]

Gucci F/W 1997

[Scotty]

[Spike413]

I have to say, while that season is probably one of Ford's weaker collections (weaker being relative, obviously, cause even his least compelling work was major), I can still remember how influential some of the clothes and styling tricks from this collection became. Those tone-on-tone iridescent suits and shirts, the visible thong straps and bra backs, the sober jersey separates cut to show off the midriff and back...that stuff basically was the late 90s. I mean sure, the thong and bra thing very quickly became trashtastic off of a runway and worn with anything other than sharply tailored shantung cigarette pants and tank tops, but still...

I must've clearly seen pictures of the men's clothes from this collection somewhere because I definitely drove my mother insane trying to find the inky blue iridescent dress shirt and slightly darker iridescent tie that I wore with a black suit to someone's bar or bat mitzvah later that year.