^^^ LMFAO… The “concept” of shooting at a 70s motel has been done by every student photographer for their portfolio in the last 20 years ad nauseam. And that the male model resembles a sickly Lurch— complete with the sweaty bangs, just adds to the sloppifying of the imagery. I understand our beloved Sabato wants to model the Gucci men after himself with the 90s Caesars-cut, but perhaps rethink the casting/styling/aesthetic when your fashions are nothing more than ripoffs of 90s department-store versions of superior designers’ offerings? But when it comes to the campaigns, his little junior department-store level mind really needs to hand over the CD role to someone a tad more sophisticated. A strong, consistently outstanding campaign identity can do wonders of wonders for such mediocrity in fashion design: Just ask Alessandro’s Gucci.
…Hedi could easily just transport his Celine wholesale, complete with his campaigns in one easy swoop, and instantly create a distinct fashion phenomenon that’s also a profit-goldmine for Kering. Instead, Sabato is still allowed to tediously, witlessly twirl and sway away in all his junior department-store galore.
(BTW, “authentic” needs to be scrubbed from the fashion vocabulary, just like “brave” and “activist”.)