Milan Fashion Week SS12: Gucci
Mamma mia, forget all about London Fashion Week now as we’ve moved further across Europe to one of the ultimate big-daddy fashion capitals of the world: Milan. Expect drama, expect glamour, and hopefully expect a diva tantrum or two along the way as well.
Proceedings are certainly kicking off in style in Milan as one of the first designers to show there is Gucci, one of the biggest names in Milan Fashion Week and definitely one of the most fabulous. Creative director Frida Giannini listed her inspirations for the new collection as 20s actress Louise Brooks, Man Ray photographs and vintage architecture. All of these art-deco inspirations were immediately apparent in the sleek, shiny lines and dynamic silhouettes of the designs.
It was a highly aesthetically pleasing event, as liquid-looking metallic prints and bold black and green lines zig-zagged across tuxedo jackets for a hard, bold take on menswear redesigned as womenswear. Opulent monochrome pieces, with hints of jewel tones here and there in emerald-green inserts and gold accessories immediately made us see the inspiration of the roaring twenties, when fashion became feminist – all these women looked liberated, fabulous and like they were heading to a cocktail party at the top of a skyscraper in Manhattan.
We have to say we were most excited about the flapper-style cocktail dresses which came out onto the runway with incredible monochrome patterns with extremely delicate gold fringing – absolutely incredible.
Gucci don’t need to be worried about anyone creating a collection that is more polished and luxurious than this – they’ve got this one in the bag. But then again, they always do.
I was blown away by Frida Giannini’s spring Gucci collection. It reminded me a lot of Gottex, with its fabulous designs and colors mostly in yellow, black and white with splashes of hot pink. Her ultra-mod ’50s-updated big skirt, jacket, and belt ensembles (left) almost had me drooling and instantly shriek–I want that! The evening gowns are just to die for, most with one-shoulder strap, but all in such intricate, elegant designs in fresh, urbane patterns that I can totally picture myself donning at a posh charity ball–(sigh) if only… Check out more on the show after the jump.
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