Gucci S/S 2022 Los Angeles

[Ruito]

I loved the collection, the gowns were exceptional!

 

[Ruito]

I know I'm in the minority but I enjoyed it.

probably could have done without the misfit casting but everything was pretty solid otherwise. it's just a shame that Gucci gets so lost with so many products. It now has the feeling of mass production luxury, if there is such a thing.

I am intrigued to go back to the store again after seeing this.

I'm with you! We're in this TOGETHER! Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang

 

[Fulton St Critique]

@Phuel It appears Vanessa Friedman would agree with you!

“His clothes are unabashedly costume — they revel in the joy of playing dress-up, rather than pushing a silhouette forward or exploring construction. He designs at a pitch of maximalist emotion rather than modernism. (To say his collections look like the ultimate vintage store is a legitimate complaint.)”- Gucci Makes a Hollywood Entrace, New York Times (source Nytimes.com)

I never did understand that idea of analyzing his Gucci through the scope of “hey, throw randomness together, its fashion! In 2021!!!!, anything goes!!” It is just so lazy to me.

Call it postmodernism or whatever philosophical twist you can develop to try and make sense of it. On a separate note I really do think Ford’s modern vision lead to AMs postmodern approach, but that is a debate for a different time.

These are costumes for a theatrical performance. Tacky colors, flamboyant details, styling that is just plain distasteful, it all reads like a script from as @jeanclaude put it, a B-movie. Arriving at any other logical conclusion to try and gain insight into this world is truly impossible. If he were not designing for Gucci and he presented this showing under his own name, no one would pay it mind.

 

[YohjiAddict]

With that cast and that styling, it all looks more like a John Waters' production rather than a Cecil B. DeMille one...very trashy but alas, Waters has a sharper wit than Alessandro!

 

[dior_couture1245]

Really, the highlight of the whole debacle was Gwyneth Paltrow showing up that Tom Ford Gucci suit, looking just as fabulous as she did when she first wore in 1996.

The rest…so much hoopla for absolutely nothing. And isn’t that just the whole fashion conundrum now?

 

[kasper!]

Maybe what we need is Bernard Arnault coming to the studio and « suggest » things to Michele. One thing about him is that he always understood the assignment when he was challenged by his Arnault…

I don't think Pinault is capable of doing so...He even can't handle the relationship with creative directors let alone assign new tasks for them. Look at his dramas with Pilati, Ghesquière and Maier.....lawsuits, negative comments on public occasion and closing eponymous brand.(Still feeling very sorry for Mr Tomas Maier...)

Michele has a strong vision. IMO he better put his touch on some other fields like jewelry deisgn. Gucci's high jewelry line is very lame to be honest, their HJ boutique on Palace Vendôme is a total waste! I was expecting something gaudy yet sophisticated from him.

 

[CholoChic]

I loved the streets, the angle cameras, the lights and the music. But the clothes were so decadent, so prop clothes, even the big ones were wore without star dignity or star glamour like they didnt care what they were wearing, nothing new like Hollywood without sparkling stars maybe it was the message: a bad cast with prop clothes.

 

[eugenius]

I only looked at it because my favorite IG fuccb queen influenced me to watch the show, so there's that.

But anyways, I wasn't that annoyed by it all. My eyerolling was at an all-time minimum when I watched the clip. Sure, it's way too long and way too repetitive, but I didn't find it to be a complete and total eyesore like his other shows.

I actually like the wide-legged pants, and maybe the matching blazers, but not as a head-to-toe look. I'd rather see those than something totally stupid, like, say, ruffled short-shorts with bleach stains for him and an oversized hoodie w/ Marimekko sleeves for her.

And seriously, if he's going to do these statement-pieces for your head, just give that job to Stephen.

Feeling....eh, neutral.

 

[Phuel]

Call it postmodernism or whatever philosophical twist you can develop to try and make sense of it. On a separate note I really do think Ford’s modern vision lead to AMs postmodern approach, but that is a debate for a different time.[/USER]

Speaking of Tom’s Gucci, his was obviously fuelled by the 1970s, but he envisioned and designed the 70s for the 90s, not literally just ripped it off wholesale, as this guy has lazily done. Same with Miuccia with the 1960s, and Gaultier with the 1950s. They brought something entirely new to their version of an era that was modern and visionary for the times. I don’t see this with Alessandro: It’s straightup 1970s and nothing more. And more than anything, I despise laziness in people.

He's much more tolerable when he’s just ripping off the nerdy bunch of misfit twinks and junior librarians and the perks of being a wallflower, dressed in straightup 70s thriftstorewear-- like he’s doing here, than when he was desperately trying to be so socio-political with such silly designs and slogan tees. I don’t find him offensive nor worth the effort to get worked up over: He’s not anywhere that deep nor remotely talented. His is for the generation of Edina Monsoons and Greg Bradys that are privileged to have the money to burn to look “kooky”-incorporated. I respect the people that actually shop The Salvation Army for such looks (...even though I’d rather be naked than wear such clothes), but good for anyone that has so much money and absolutely no thrift sense that they’d actually pay the ridiculous pricetag to look like this. These are the times we’re in, and this is the fashion system that some are succeeding so wildly at: Rip off the clueless basics with too much money and not enough sense. When such creative forces as A.F. Vandervorst has closed down, while the likes of Alessandro Michele/Kim Jones/Simon Jacquemus are the leaders, something is beyond horribly rotten in the state of fashiondom. And it’s not even about personal taste at this point.

 

[disco54]

Beneath all the tacky gimmicks, there is some really exquisite tailoring here, I wish he streamlined his clothing line . He should have focussed on these strong Men's 40s style tailoring and those Old Hollywood gowns.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Beneath all the tacky gimmicks, there is some really exquisite tailoring here, I wish he streamlined his clothing line . He should have focussed on these strong Men's 40s style tailoring and those Old Hollywood gowns.

I have to agree, some of the tailoring looks good. But (perhaps this deserves its own thread lol) I'm becoming more and more conflicted on RTW tailoring. That's why I ultimately passed on getting one of the red velvet suits from the last collection because like, unless they're selling an intricate pattern or exclusive fabric, why spend $5000 on a copy/paste ready to wear suit when you can go to a tailor and have it made for you?