For sure better show consideration from influencers and TikTok fashion commenters (blue square, ideservecouture and so on)...however no change in actual design reviews as that first collection was a complete disaster from the outerwear to the eveningwear and the accessories, a bunch of Zara lookalike clothing with a sprinkle of GG embossed logos. At the end, most people who buy high fashion does not follow the whole show circus so it wouldn't have revolutionized Sabato's tenure...yet it's better to start your tenure with something that might stick into people's mind rather than an irrelevant flop...
I always wonder if Bellettini and the deputy CEO were actually involved in checking the development of that first collection cause any person with a bare knowledge of the fashion market / business would have recognized its intrinsic weakness (no desirable accessories, basic outerwear proposition, no eveningwear)...if I had been Bellettini I would have completely scrapped the collection: you cannot send on the runway a basic gray hoodie with GUCCI embossed logo on the front, for God's sake...and remember this hoodies was priced 3k, close to a Dior bar jacket!
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The Cruise 2024 collection designed by Davide Renne (which was not even put into production and scrapped by either Sabato or the management) had a better and more distinctive point of view than Sabato's first, it was the perfect balance of Lallo flamboyant style, fashion forward proposition and more conservative / timeless style. Sabato's collection should have followed that path in transitioning Gucci from Lallo style to something more muted and timeless...instead we got Zara with uncomfortable platform heeled loafers, Jackies with cost reduction zamak clasps and white sneakers.