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A Web of Perverse Enchantment at Gucci

Alessandro Michele’s signal achievement is this: predictability doesn’t obviate pleasurability. In fact, part of the pleasure of a Gucci show is watching the way he warps the by-now familiar tropes.
Gucci Cruise 2018 | Source: Indigital.tv
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  • Tim Blanks

FLORENCE, Italy

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