It was within the shadow of Italy’s enchanting Castel del Monte that Gucci debuted its Cruise ’23 Assortment final yr—and now, in the end, the dreamy Cosmogonie assortment is accessible to buy.
For one among Alessandro Michele’s final collections as Gucci’s artistic director, the spectacular fortress, amongst Puglia’s flat countryside, proved the right, majestic setting.
Constructed by emperor Frederik II, a poet, polyglot, and mathematician who presided over a courtroom of astronomers, artists and troopers it spoke to the very ethos Michele had created—a set of “mystical encounters and mythological locations”.
An homage to political thinker and writer, Hannah Arendt, and thinker, cultural critic and essayist, Walter Benjamin, Michele drew inspiration from “myriad eras and locations”, connecting them in methods beforehand intangible to at least one one other in a cosmic coincidence.
The eclectic assortment noticed Victorian touches collide with Forties silhouettes and Harlequin-esque patterns harking back to the ‘70s.
Elizabethan-era ruffs graced necklines and wrists, 18th Century antique-inspired baggage got a trendy contact due to stud detailing and jewelry was adorned with treasured stones and micro-mosaics.
Choose items from the Cosmogonie Runway have been shot by marie claire Australia for the January version of the journal. They’re additionally now, a lot to our pleasure, obtainable to buy on-line (under) and in retailer.
Photoshoot credit
Photographed by Nicole Bentley
Styled by Naomi Smith
Hair by Koh/Vivien’s Artistic.
Make-up by Nadine Monley/Saunders & Co.
Mannequin: Florence/ IMG.
Set stylist: Jacqui Ives.
Manufacturing: Emily Gittany
