Image: Gucci. Seemingly minutes after former Creative Director Frida Giannini’s departure from Gucci on Jan 12, 2015, the Italian fashion house and its parent company Kering have turned their eyes toward a familar face to fill the role. Alessandro Michele, previously Associate to Giannini, as well as creative director of Richard Ginoiri—a fine porcelain brand that the […]
Video: Gucci. Live stream Gucci‘s Autumn/Winter 2015 Men’s runway show right here on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:30 am EST / 12.30 pm CET.
Image: Gucci. Image: Gucci. Image: Gucci. Image: Gucci. Lensed by the unstoppable creative duo Mert & Marcus, Gucci‘s Spring/Summer 2015 stars fresh face Danish model Mathias Lauridsen in bold black and white moments from the Italian fashion and leather goods house.
Image: Gucci. Redesigned by Creative Director Frida Giannini, storied luxury fashion house Gucci recently reopened its new Beverly Hills flagship. Traditional motifs from the brand such as dark rosewood and marble remain integral in the store’s updated aesthetic, while new additions—ribbed glass, polished gold, smoked mirror, and smoked glass—recall the richness of the Art Deco era. A […]
Monday, June 23, 2014, Gucci‘s Spring/Summer 2015 men’s runway show will stream LIVE from Milan right here at EssentialHomeMag.com. The video won’t air below until 12:30 PM CET (Milan) / 6:30 AM EST (New York) day of, but feel free to enjoy the countdown until then. Video courtesy of Gucci.
Video: Gucci. Welcome to Bright Diamante, Gucci‘s Smooth & Melty-colored, dollhouse of a world inspired by the brand’s Pre Fall 2014 leather goods collection. You know, the one that stole our breath with the painstakingly-detailed “Making of” photos from earlier this Spring. The accessories now fully brought to life, the short film tells the story of what […]
Image: Gucci. Unless you’re Spike Lee—which, if you are, we’re so sorry, please don’t hurt us—sneakers and colors of the orange/citrus variety are a hard look to pull off. They’re even harder for the rest of us to look at. Yet somehow Gucci, Italian masters of the leather-sphere and ready-to-wear for the modern man, have managed to […]
Image: Gucci. Gucci‘s Pre-Fall 2014 collection of handbags and leather accessories is a modern throwback to the fashion house’s diamanate pattern—a diagonal visual effect that first surfaced on the brand’s iconic woven luggage in the 1930’s. This summer the diamante resurfaces again (praise the big G) at select Gucci boutiques in a unisex series of briefcase, […]
Image: Gucci. Forget everything you know about the museum experience, starting…now. That’s right, say goodbye to the waves of tourists that rush past you, somehow still managing to hug your entire body. The grumpy exhibition docents, who you might pity if their faces weren’t constantly sculptured into scowls. And especially, the halls of ancient relics that you’re forced […]
Watch Gucci’s Autumn/Winter 2014 men’s runway show directly from Milan right here at Essential Homme. The live stream starts below Monday, January 13th at 12:30 PM CET (Milan) / 6:30 AM EST (New York). Images courtesy of Gucci.
Unless travel for business takes you to say, The Maldives, it usually won’t elicit zealous feelings of élan. “London’s amazing…except I’m there on business. And I’m going to have a pile of work when I get back. Sigh…” It’s a begrudging duty that dually whisks you away from your life and also, well, blenches your […]
Frida Giannini so perfectly captures the unrequited romance of the poet with this beautifully dark and brooding collection. Deconstructed coats, Prussian-esque peacoats and warm overlapping layers of déco floral prints and jacquards play out on velvets, shearling and beaver to give you a powerful hit of bohemian grunge.
