Gucci Fall / Winter 2007-2008 Collection
Frida Giannini has her hands firmly on the steering wheel and the Gucci Fall / Winter 2007-2008 collection takes the fashion house further away from high-Tom Ford of Gucci glamor.
Tweed, tartan, knickerbockers and long evening gowns were key looks in the new Gucci collection.
For daywear Frida made fur-trimmed bomber, tartan trousers, collar, knit scarf and turtleneck sweaters and men’s shirting cranberries layered. It was outrageously lush and rather boring.
In 1921, Guccio Gucci opens a leather goods company and small luggage in his hometown of Florence. After years in London’s Savoy Hotel, he had absorbed the refined aesthetic of English nobility, and this sensitivity is manufactured in Italy through exclusive leather goods created and the master craftsmanship of Tuscan artisans.
Within a few years ago, the label enjoys such success as a sophisticated international clientele, which attracts the equestrian-inspired collection of search bags, suitcases, gloves, shoes and belts.
The bamboo bag is entered, one of the first of many legendary Gucci products. Gucci presents products that are loved by the legendary figures of history, and are known for timeless design. Jackie Kennedy carries the Gucci shoulder bag, which today as Jackie O. Liz Taylor, Peter Sellers and Samuel Beckett known to wear the unstructured, unisex ‘Hobo Bag. The classic moccasin with horse EBIT Hardware is part of the permanent collection of the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Flora silk print scarf for Grace Kelly made. At the end of the 60s, Gucci, the legendary interlocking double ‘G-logo.
Tom Ford is creative director of Gucci in 1994, and penetrates the luxury brand with a sense of daring and provocation that resonates with celebrity and society’s elite. The stiletto, and Silk Cut-out jersey dresses with metallic hardware details of the icons of unique vision. After Ford left, today, creative direction of Gucci is the responsibility of Frida Giannini and Gucci continues to explore their roots.
