EXCERPT: GUCCI. SPRING 2023 - MILAN FASHION WEEK

"...And in 2022 Michele has once again reminded us within his subtilty of crafting the Spring 2023 collection, that society has become a lot more unstable rather than any passing glitch, with Michele's own country Italy about to be ruled by an extreme right wing government, for the first time since Mussolini.   America is still grappling with the shadow of Trump, with far right conservatism attempting to control the reproduction  rights of women, ramping up prejudices against sexual choices.  Climate change deniers and Putin's invasion of Ukraine, to which Russia would much prefer a more sympathetic world to their reasons of invading a sovereign country.  Yes, we are all living in a very dangerous time for humanity.

At 68 pieces in total, fusing refined elements of the counter/pop culture eras of the 1970's and early 1980's, to which Michele has always been able to conjoin into a unique template for Gucci.  Michele's twins, seen as their dual identity of each other, which Michele has respectfully aligned in such a way of therapy to love the other self.  Walk hand in hand, styled from Michele's idealism of the dandy, while the satin dresses idolize the liberated feminine.   The collection does, as you would expect, represent the freedom of expression and sexual liberation, that were the gay countercultures of the 1970's, who fought to be acknowledged and treated equally.   Noted with the FUORI! print, which was an Italian gay and lesbian magazine that was prolific in the late 1970's as benchmark for the Italian gay rights movements..." 

Full review:   https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/09/gucci-spring-2023-milan-fashion-week.html 

(A.Glass 2022)