Gucci hosts star-studded cruise collection fashion show in London’s Tate Modern

LONDON (AP) — For one night time solely, the utilitarian, concrete basement of London’s Tate Trendy museum was reworked right into a lush inexperienced jungle Monday — and it was the most well liked style ticket on the town.

Luxurious Italian style home Gucci hosted its star-studded cruise assortment catwalk on the Thames-side fashionable artwork museum, exhibiting a sequence of delicate sheer outfits, relaxed denim and daywear, all adorned with the model’s coveted leather-based baggage and different equipment with the double-G brand.

Actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott and singers Dua Lipa and Solange Knowles have been amongst celebrities perched on the entrance row. Additionally in attendance have been Salma Hayek and her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, who’s chair and CEO of Kering, Gucci’s father or mother firm.

The massive-budget occasion displayed the primary cruise assortment by Sabato De Sarno, who was named Gucci’s inventive director final 12 months and debuted his womenswear designs in September.

Gucci usually levels its exhibits in Milan, however like different style powerhouses it chooses places all over the world to point out off its cruise collections — the exhibits in between the primary spring and autumn shows.

On Monday, fashions meandered down a runway that wound its manner round a whole bunch of ferns, overhanging vegetation and mossy paths, the mass of inexperienced a distinction to the gray, industrial present area. De Sarno mentioned that distinction extends to his newest designs, which paired luxurious night appears and floral embroidery with informal jackets and slouchy denim.

And what of the footwear? Consolation comes first, with all outfits, even essentially the most glamorous night robes, paired with Mary Jane footwear, ballet flats or platform loafers worn with little white socks.

“Rigor and extravagance, energy in delicacy, Englishness with an Italian accent,” the present notes learn.

De Sarno featured a couple of checked jackets in a nod to British type, although another designs have been a way more refined tribute. Clothes and coats coated with squares made from a shimmering bead fringe have been a reference to Scottish plaids.

The style home has a little-known historic hyperlink to the U.Okay. Its founder, Guccio Gucci, had a stint working as a bellhop within the Savoy, the luxurious London resort, greater than a century in the past.

The model says Guccio took inspiration from that have when he opened his first retailer in Florence in 1921 to promote baggage. The remaining, as they are saying, is historical past.