Michele has often built on the tension and vitality of the past to write his own version of the present. The idea of “cosmogonies of constellations” was born after a reading of German philosopher Hannah Arendt’s essay on Walter Benjamin, whose library was confiscated by the Gestapo, leaving him unable to access to the eclectic network of other people’s thoughts that nurtured his entire oeuvre. While widely Instagram-compelling and immediate, they’re often substantiated by high-falutin, erudite citations. Michele’s collections seem to be part of a complex, well orchestrated flux of consciousness, gelled into attractive visual dénouements. It goes without saying that Michele was drawn to the genius loci of this rather extraordinary setting. In the castle’s construction, the number eight was obsessively repeated as an arcane bearer of meaning. A majestic fortress in the shape of an octagonal turreted crown smack in the middle of Puglia’s flat countryside, it was built around the thirteenth century by the emperor Frederick II, a maverick monarch-poet, polyglot, mathematician, and magician-who presided over a sophisticated multicultural court of astronomers, artists, and warriors. But as far as magical thinking goes, Castel del Monte, where he choose to show his resort, surely upstages his previous settings. Not surprisingly, he called his resort collection Cosmogonies.Īt Gucci, Michele has brought his collections to places of esoteric, disquieting charm-the Promenade des Alycamps in Arles, an ancient necropolis, or Rome’s Musei Capitolini overlooking the Fori Imperiali, where archeological remains give off vibes of splendor and decay. His fascination for layered references and his love of history make him a collector of objects and memories, an archivist of galaxies of images. The collections he creates are prismatic affairs, as visually diverse as they are infused by meanings sometimes impervious to easy deciphering. View more from the runway below, images via Gucci.Alessandro Michele’s line of reasoning has never been linear. It is crafted from supple leather, decorated with either vintage-inspired mini monograms or elegant embroideries. ![]() ![]() It can be traced back to Gucci’s equestrian-inspired pieces. A shoulder bag shown on the runway echoes a shape that was first presented in 1981. The ever-present nods to the past continue this season, with Michele deepening his exploration of the House’s archives. While some were commercial and wearable, others, like ones showcasing Gizmo, a character from the film ‘Gremlins,’ left us scratching our heads. As for the bags, there were many, and as we’ve come to expect from Michele, they were wild, and they were wacky. Referenced in animal prints and florals, vibrant prints are found on boots and other accessories. Within the Gucci Twinsburg fashion show, there are various themes throughout, and nature is one of them. They shared a genetic solidarity but, above all, they shared a secret intimacy which was inaccessible to others” The Bags of Gucci Twinsburg “I remember them, smiling, sitting at a café. For the finale, the pairs joined hands, echoing the celebration of intimate togetherness. Sets of twins, 68 to be exact, walked two separate runways, which were divided by a wall of portraits. Growing up around their kinship was an integral part of Michele’s childhood, and it was this weird, wacky, but perfectly normal to him upbringing that inspired the Spring/Summer 2023 show. Welcome to Twinsburg, Gucci’s Spring 2023 collection.Īs the show notes began, Alessandro Michele is the child of two mothers twin sisters Eralda and Giuliana.
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