Look 20, dress
2016 {spring-summer 2016}
- Medium
- silk, plastic (sequins), metal (fastenings)
- Measurements
- (a) 124.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 58.5 cm (centre back) 39.0 cm (waist, flat) (slip) - Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back neckline, woven in white on black acetate: GUCCI
label, centre back neckline, woven in white on black acetate: Made in Italy - Accession Number
- 2024.52.a-b
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Olga Kononchuk, 2024 - Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
- About this work
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In addition to his affinity for historical and cultural references, Alessandro Michele’s term at Gucci, where he worked from 2002 to 2022 and was creative director from 2015, was also typified by camp and hyper-feminine aesthetics. His vintage-bricolage design sensibility pulled from various fashion decades, manifesting as unabashedly retro and geek-chic. This tendency is evident in this dress featuring bold colour, delicate tiers and trompe l’oeil ribbon embellishment.