RUNWAY: Gucci FW18

Alessandro Michele, whose time at the top of Gucci has yielded extraordinary profits for the label and its owner, Kering, has taken on globalization with his FW18 collection for the Florentine maison. There were multicultural references here with the same elaborate and intricate detailing that Michele is known for. There was also a collaboration with the MLB that showed up with Yankees branded hats and shoes while the logo of San Francisco's team, Giants, was seen on a visor. Michele's jump off point for this season, taken within his surgical operating room set, was the splicing and regeneration of a culture because of globalization. It's a hot topic with many nations seemingly trying to stem immigration after centuries of their own imperialism. Michele sees the melting pot of our cultures as a good thing and the mixing of different cultures and ways of dressing was seen on spliced coats, referencing the multi-faceted parts of our own identity. It's a heavy topic for sure but one that's paramount to Michele's Gucci: individuality but within one's group...or squad.