Gucci F/W 2025.26 Milan

[MultiQsan]

Another boring minimal collection. Not even a single must-have look or pieces for both mens or women’s. Can’t Kering understand that there’s no point in trying to make Gucci minimal and looking like any other brand?

As a mega brand that had its own identity and didn’t follow trends, it’s like telling Ferrari to start selling electric family cars just because there’s a lot of them on the road.

Also, everyone says bring back Tom Ford Gucci but they have no clue that it won’t attract Gen Z or Chinese customers back to Gucci. Stores in China noted many clients who haven’t shopped since Sabato’s debut have been anticipating Alessandro’s return or possibly Hedi’s appointment. Since there is nothing desirable or must-have pieces with the “new” Gucci, said customers voiced online that they are somewhat thankful getting to save money during this economic downturn.

God help the stores that need to sell these before the new Creative Director’s collection comes out, if whomever, makes any impact at all.

 

[LadyJunon]

I Will take the interim design team collection by Davide Renne from 2 years ago over this. Those lace v neckline tops paired with pencil skirts are sono Vaccarello Saint Laurent circa 2023...the whole presentation felt very Vaccarello Saint Laurent too: big space, velvet curtains and lights games. It's obvious Bellettini pushed Cantino to try to replicate the Saint Laurent formula, starting from the same outfit shown multiple times with slight alterations. It's better than Sabato's debut for sure but I still think the Cruise 2024 show by Davide Renne in Seoul was the right directions for the brand: strong point of view a la Alessandro Michele without his gimmicks.

Now you mention it, the presentation is very Vaccarello-coded. The green curtains, rim lighting and the circular layout are pulled directly from their FW24 show. That said, the vision presented is nowhere near as glamourous and high octane as it is at Saint Laurent.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Let's be honest, you cannot fire the CD and come up with a new vision and direction for a megabrand in ten days.
This is Sabato, probably edited and spiced up, but it is him.
They fired him when they did because they had to make clear to the shareholders that they were "working on it".

The womens are better accessoirized than before.The bags look mostly good. The glasses are a total yes. The scarves wrapped around the head were a nice touch. The models are walking in high heels instead of chunky platforms.
All this helps to elevate a collection that, in itself, is okish, but presented like this, verges on the cool (still missing something to be really there).
The mens, average, not catastrophical, but not making you needing to go immediately to the store.
The cycle is closed, I hope to see the new Gucci in the next show.

 

[Alquimista]

There is only ONE pair of pants for women's and they're horrible. Very modern.

 

[fruitdots]

It feels like they took Sabato's work and had the design team add in some Alessandro Michele-isms. It's definitely fine—perhaps inoffensive is the word to describe the aesthetic, but in principle it's as if what Gucci wants is closer to AI than to an actual creative director. I feel as though we're approaching a luxury version of design by algorithm, qua Shein. Instead of coherent propositions, it's a sort of collage of elements grounded in what has sold well/succeeded under both Alessandro Michele and Sabato de Sarno.

 

[VogueDisciple93]

The expectations were low because I know Sabotage was still involved with this collection and with that subterranean expectations that I can say this was better than the absolute worst.

The design team should have come out with a kitchen sink because that’s all that was left to be thrown in.

Gucci is where Elon should take his chaos and fire everyone.

 

[PDFSD]

I Will take the interim design team collection by Davide Renne from 2 years ago over this. Those lace v neckline tops paired with pencil skirts are sono Vaccarello Saint Laurent circa 2023...the whole presentation felt very Vaccarello Saint Laurent too: big space, velvet curtains and lights games. It's obvious Bellettini pushed Cantino to try to replicate the Saint Laurent formula, starting from the same outfit shown multiple times with slight alterations. It's better than Sabato's debut for sure but I still think the Cruise 2024 show by Davide Renne in Seoul was the right directions for the brand: strong point of view a la Alessandro Michele without his gimmicks.

agree 10000 % on the YSL Vaccarello vibe formula guccified here

seeing more comments on the comparisons ...for me comparing better or not then Ancora is like comparing zara with uniqlo....it's a styled ancora collection the team is the same the mentality is the same the hand is the same even in ancora there is the hand of alessandro because the team and factory and tailors and craft people are the same and habits don't die from on day to the next.

few times you have a creative director that really makes a big impact on the company in all details of make and cut and quality and style of doing things.

that one thing i love about hedi is he over hauls the manufacturing process and sourcing and hard wear and tailoring studios etc etc as well its the part that intrigues me the most of his projects even if the items look like commercial objects the foundations are all by design and eye for details

I think NG is also very much into the construction and cut of things and how things are assablend at löeast at balenciaga years it was all from his vision

TF also had this point of view and drive on all details his gucci was made much differently with firda years all the refinement build by TF in like bags and rtw hardwear became chunky and round and with alessandro it was like even more playday at kindergarten.


so its all there .......still the same piece of low quality cut steak, no matter the color of the sauce put on top or the dinner plate that is now green instead of red.

 

[PDFSD]

Let's be honest, you cannot fire the CD and come up with a new vision and direction for a megabrand in ten days.
This is Sabato, probably edited and spiced up, but it is him.
They fired him when they did because they had to make clear to the shareholders that they were "working on it".

The womens are better accessoirized than before.The bags look mostly good. The glasses are a total yes. The scarves wrapped around the head were a nice touch. The models are walking in high heels instead of chunky platforms.
All this helps to elevate a collection that, in itself, is okish, but presented like this, verges on the cool (still missing something to be really there).
The mens, average, not catastrophical, but not making you needing to go immediately to the store.
The cycle is closed, I hope to see the new Gucci in the next show.

Yes you can Alessandro did his first gucci show in a week or so that's the fact of history of this brand.

and the company is bigger and richer than 10 year ago.

they have even separate teams for show and main collection etc etc now compared to then.

 

[EDEN21]

I agree with previous users and have to say i found these looks particularly Prada/MiuMiu lite

 

[jeanclaude]

You could blend easily some looks from the Burberry collection here...and they would blend perfectly! And vice versa too! The logos are the only way of identifying one collection from the other.

Also, the horsebit necklace reminds me of a chain pull toilet (no one in that big team realized it?? )

alamy.com

 

[GoldenPetals]

I'd say this collection is CONVINCING. Some truly beautiful pieces and I'd even say that it has more Gucci spirit in it than MUCH of what we've seen in the recent past. The purple and lime looks were exquisite.

 

[Grets]

The purple and green were giving Barney

 

[fashionsavvvvvy]

Somehow this feels a bit closer to AM’s GUCCI

 

[PDFSD]

I'd say this collection is CONVINCING. Some truly beautiful pieces and I'd even say that it has more Gucci spirit in it than MUCH of what we've seen in the recent past. The purple and lime looks were exquisite.

i think your CONVINCING yourself GPetals that this more Gucci in spirit.

Lady Gucci would send a hitman to you just for this comment lol

 

[GoldenPetals]

i think your CONVINCING yourself GPetals that this more Gucci in spirit.

Lady Gucci would send a hitman to you just for this comment lol

I think fashion finally took my sanity.

Can the hitman at least shoot me in a Versace bathrobe? I wanna go tacky and awful.

 

[Nimsay]

I see the delineation between sabato and design team. The design teams work is that weird Alessandro stuff. Its crazy it took thst many people to produce so few ideas. there are many repeated looks in different colors. Many things look unfinished like that waist cost with the snap buttons - looks like SDS didn’t have time to add sleeves to his pea coat. the design team though this looked ok I guess and showed two bell shaped double breasted waist coats. They showed the same black men’s cost twice in black jacquard and two more times in other materials.

Some of the women’s looks are cute about 4 or 5. Those silk dresses and skirts are ruined by that strange waistline.

A huge step down from Sabato. At least his clothes were fresh and went with Celine and LV - which is really the best you can ask when flopping….

 

[JohannesL]

They should have just released the TF archive to generate buzz because there is nothing to talk about this collection, which is inoffensively bland like SdS but as much as people didn't like Frida, her offering is quite decent by today's standard where I can still remember her fabulous FW2011！

 

[NoInvite]

They kept going back and forth between sleek looks and grandma oversized.
For menswear its Bottega, Prada and a mix of Saint Laurent.

For bags, at least give us a handle if you want to hold it like this.

 

[TaylorBinque]

Somehow, I really enjoy this. I feels more together than whatever Sabato has done. At least, there is personality.

Menswear is the worse. Like literally non existent. Styling is also very week. But this makes me think of if Alessandro Dell'aqua leads the creative at Gucci. Any how, it is a very good palette cleanser. Also enjoy the set and the new green. Feels more Gucci than Ancora red. The score is great too. Almost too grand because the collections fails to match the high of the score.

 

[TaylorBinque]

Also, everybody is so creative these days with bags holding. Makes me appreciate LV when bags are carried like bags. 😂