GUCCI - effortlessly now and forever

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Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini presents a collection rooted in iconic items conceived as timeless cornerstones in a modern man’s wardrobe. The collection is informed by a duality which carefully balances the impeccable quality and exquisite craftsmanship for which Gucci is renowned with a contemporary discourse on innovative materials and modern styling. This collection centers around a worldly man, who has the confidence to break traditions in the way he pairs suiting and sportswear, casual and formal. The attitude is confident yet unrehearsed through which a new sophistication emerges. Impeccably crafted and minutely detailed, each piece has been conceived as a fashion evergreen, to be worn effortlessly now and forever.

SILHOUETTES

The collection is characterized by flawless sartorial workmanship, underscoring a sense of sophistication and elegance. The jacket, offered in traditional fabrics such as camel hair, herringbone or velvet, is rigorously cut to achieve a perfected and reduced silhouette. A new slim pant shape, inspired by the equestrian world, is cropped to the sockless ankle and worn with the newly interpreted Gucci classic horsebit loafer and oversized coats. The high level of workmanship is further revealed in fine details such as leather buttons, suede elbows, jacket linings with silk foulards inspired by vintage patterns, and even an unlined jacket whose entire internal seaming is covered in napa leather. Ties and some jacket linings feature micro prints of Gucci’s iconic horsebit and diamante pattern.

Underlying the classic tailoring is a sense of ease and nonchalance in the way items are paired: Double layers of soft cashmere V neck sweaters, silk turtlenecks and cashmere alpaca hand knit sweaters, are easily interchangeable pieces complemented by softly wrapped scarves.

MATERIALS

Highly researched, innovative techniques have been applied to signature materials culled from Gucci’s own past. The result is an exceptional range of fabrications and skins which are extraordinarily rich, effortlessly wearable and exclusive to Gucci. Washed napa is treated by hand to give it the softness of jersey, silk cotton velvet has been printed with micro designs, while the ultra-soft suede used on pants and jackets, is of unsurpassed quality. Treatments on precious skins have yielded cutting-edge results, such as a kangaroo blazer printed with an ocelot pattern, a new nabuck-treated crocodile safari jacket that has a powder effect, or Ostrich that has been waxed for a vintage feel. Also noteworthy is the shearling technique used on a bomber that allows for a hand knitted wool exterior and fuzzy curl interior.

ACCESSORIES

Accessories this season showcase several iconic motifs from Gucci’s history. The new Gucci Half Moon bag, a reinterpretation of a classic, is offered in nabuck treated pigskin, suede or celarius leather with a wool web strap. Oversized bags, inspired by vintage travel pieces, have incorporated a variety of iconic Gucci symbols: the diamante canvas is mixed with rich crocodile, the Web has a horizontal format on resinated cotton or nabuck pigskin, while the GG pattern is articulated in wool with leather. An eyecatcher is the ultra-slim ocelot printed kangaroo briefcase. The updated classic Gucci Horsebit Loafer, worn without socks, is offered in pigskin or hand-polished ostrich skin, has a new green lining (a vintage detail) and a sporty sole. Wingtips - in crocodile or leather - feature impeccable Goodyear constructions; while a new lace-up suede boot and leather rimmed sunglasses complete the outfit.

OUTERWEAR

Complex workmanship and specialized treatments combine to create innovative outerwear. A tricotine wool coat has been wax-coated and features a detachable shearling lining reinforced by suede netting and strips of web taping. A blond beaver coat has been knitted to give it a new, super light air. Classic items are artfully reinvented, such as a suede trench with nabuck lining, a pony skin and wool bomber, the essential camel hair coat, and peacoats with quilted nylon linings and suede details.

EVENING

Evening has been reconsidered in a bold, unorthodox way. Black is replaced with warm tones of bordeaux, ink blue and bronze, while conventional materials are substituted by fur, precious skin and velvet. Blazers in astrakhan or shiny pony skin are paired with diamante-embroidered tuxedo pants in the same tonality. Luminous velvet tuxedos, worn with gauzy silk sweaters, are given subtle micro patterns by a hot press embossing technique. Original accessories include web-striped cummerbunds, embroidered scarves and patent and suede tassled loafers.

Gucci is located at Greenbelt 4, Ayala Center, Makati City and Rustan’s Tower Shangri-La Plaza Mall.

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I am curious. I travel. I am soul searching. Curious Tootling Soul, 3 words referring to me. In our everyday lives, we wander, and we ask questions. Yes, and sometimes it is hard to explain to someone who doesn’t quite see the world how you do— the way you do. Life to many can just be sectionalized and put into little boxes. A box for your true self; a box for your sociable self; a box for your fancies: your wants, your desires. Looking at your bucket list—list, highlight, and check. For some though life isn’t quite so simple. Some of us don’t know exactly what we want to do next or where we want to go, we just know there is so much out there we want to experience. We visit and travel new places often without knowing exactly what for, just that we know in our soul we need to. Mundane, humdrum existence and material things don’t impress us. We are in search for answers, for fulfillment and gratification. We need to be surrounded by love and warmth, growth and good. We know there is nothing better than a genuine laugh or a heartfelt hug. We are moved by the storytellers, the dreamers, the drifters, the people whose lives are different than ours, that we can learn from. We are drawn to new surroundings and unique experiences. As we fall in love with so many things around us, sometimes it is hard to keep track. We love and we continuously holding on for that love. We love different. We love doing things that terrify us because we know those are the moments that we grow. We love looking back and seeing that we have accomplished what we never thought we could, things we never thought were even a possibility. Because it is in those moments we know we are becoming the people we were always intended to be. We leap before we look sometimes. It is finding ourselves when we didn’t know we were lost and continuing to find ourselves over and over again. It is kissing a cute stranger under the stars, waving at a baby we pass on the street, helping someone who cannot repay us. It is jotting down a funny memory or a beautiful quote we can’t forget. It is finding out what makes us smile the biggest, what our passions are, what makes our eyes light up just by talking about it. (an excerpt from A. Twigg, 2015) I fall, but I keep on rising. My faith has been tested, but it always remains. I have grandiose plans and an endless list of options; the places that I want to explore and journeys that I want to take. I don’t always know how I will accomplish something, I just know some ways and the courage of somehow—I will. Life for me is a puzzle of creating moments. It is finding my next adventure. It is setting my feet on new sands, diving into new seas. It is laughing with a group of strangers, singing words to songs that I don’t know matters. It is knowing that there is a whole wide world out there just waiting for me to discover it. It is the feeling that there is no better time than right now to do what we have always wanted to do, so why not go? Do it.