Demna Gvasalia - Designer, Creative Director of Gucci

[tourbillions]

why are we so aggressive today. did the good gays not have a good night

 

[Xone]

why are we so aggressive today. did the good gays not have a good night

My thoughts exactly i see that for a couple of days now...it is the eclipse or something?...
the good gays must be preserved...lol

 

[kingtheyskens]

Youre not Bianca del Rio.

i just checked and apparently this person is a drag queen but i'm still not sure how that relates to my comment?

 

[velvetandsilk]

Suits prefers bonus for yourself than hire someone who is really game-changer. His aesthetics is outdated now.

 

[Alquimista]

What happens if they go broke? Do they just sell the brands off like a collection of paintings? I'm too poor to understand.

 

[tourbillions]

What happens if they go broke? Do they just sell the brands off like a collection of paintings? I'm too poor to understand.

they license the brand to middle easterns then claim that the licensees merch are fake when they get popular again. Or if they never get back to popularity, end up like john galliano or christian lacroix as the high-end offerings in cheap department stores. The mid-tier result is to end up like a contemporary brand like karl lagerfeld.

 

[Alquimista]

they license the brand to middle easterns then claim that the licensees merch are fake when they get popular again. Or if they never get back to popularity, end up like john galliano or christian lacroix as the high-end offerings in cheap department stores. The mid-tier result is to end up like a contemporary brand like karl lagerfeld.

It would be weird to see Gucci becoming a derelict name.

 

[velvetandsilk]

It would be weird to see Gucci becoming a derelict name.

It is not surprising when you read the history of the Italian clothing industry, in reality politics played a big role not design. The Italian fashion world always had an advantage over the French in terms of production capabilities, but it lacked the characteristic style that the French had. Before the Second World War, they tried to conquer the American market, which was the most important at that time. They failed - no one was interested in Italian fashion. After the war, the Italian aristocrat Giovanni Battista Giorgini realized that after the fashion week in Paris, American fashionistas spent their time on vacation in Tuscany. That's when he came up with the idea of organizing fashion shows in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Until the 70s, it was the capital of Italian fashion until Missoni accidentally caused a scandal because they did not realize that the fabric they used was transparent in a different light, and the models did not have underwear on. Conservative Florence was outraged and the entire fashion society moved to Milan, which was a much more cosmopolitan city. It was then that it was realized that if Italian fashion was 30% cheaper than French fashion, it had a chance of selling in America. Another important factor was the appearance of Armani and Versace, who created a characteristic aesthetic, i.e. comfortable clothes from timeless fabrics. As for politics, there is also a theory that American merchants specifically ordered goods so that wealthy Italians would have closer relations with the US and support parties that would want to belong to NATO and thus weaken the important and influential Italian communist party.

 

[fenty]

Frida's Gucci

fashionela, pinterest

THEY COULD NEVER BE YOU MAMA GIANNINI !

 

[Blaiseybabey]

THEY COULD NEVER BE YOU MAMA GIANNINI !

The thing about Frida's shows at least is that she strongly diversified her references and inspirations yet making it very Gucci. I did remember that I was actually CURIOUS what other world she was going to move us to. Fine, it was commercial, it wasn't McQueen m, but it was...something. it wasn't like even with Michele when I specifically knew what to expect and I was more or less right in terms of what I saw.

The camel collection from FW 2010, the YSL inspired looks from the SS 2011 show, the gem coloured Veruschka looks of FW 2011, the Art Deco world of SS 2012, the gothic FW 2012, the architectural SS 2013, the femme fatale of FW 2013,,, so much stuff. And it's rare I can count it all down!

Michele also had good collections. I actually preferred his SS looks of 2016 and 2017...the rest just starts to blend into the same mush!

 

[KilltheLook]

I do miss Frida's era at Gucci. It was sometimes safe (or boring) but it's definitely luxe, beautiful, and editorial. She barely used logos on the clothes.

I remember between 2010 and 2012, a Gucci look always appears on the cover of a magazine. They must paid a lot of money back then for advertisements.