Gucci Opens Milan Fashion Week with Furry Coats, Awaits New Designer

Gucci launched Milan Fashion Week with a fall-winter collection featuring furry coats, slim pencil skirts, and lace-trimmed slip dresses, designed by its in-house studio as the Kering-owned Italian label awaits its next creative director. The show, held on a dark green carpeted runway framed by velvet curtains, showcased wool overcoats with rounded shoulders, double-breasted suits with elongated lapels, and vibrant accessories like chunky horsebit necklaces and colorful bags.

 

A live orchestra, conducted by Justin Hurwitz, performed as models walked a sleek runway shaped like Gucci’s iconic interlocking G logo. The collection, blending styles for men and women, comes as Kering works to revitalize Gucci, its flagship brand, following the sudden exit of designer Sabato de Sarno earlier this month after less than two years. De Sarno had steered Gucci toward minimalist, classic designs with a signature glossy red hue.

 

Gucci CEO Stefano Cantino, speaking to journalists before the show, declined to specify a timeline for appointing a new creative director, emphasizing that executives are “working for the good of the brand.” Once a powerhouse with rapid growth from 2016 to 2020, Gucci has struggled as consumer preferences moved away from the bold, gender-fluid aesthetic of former designer Alessandro Michele. Analysts predict a recovery may not occur until next year.

 

Milan Fashion Week, which began on Tuesday, continues through March 3.

 

Source: Reuters