Michele, Alessandro

February 26, 2023

Enter the New Era of Stealth Wealth

Bottega Veneta leads the way, while Gucci remains in limbo. MILAN — Not long after the last guest had trooped off the avocado-color carpet lining the […]
January 25, 2023

The Joy of Dressing Like a Rock God

Four days before they arrived in New York, just after their third album release and just before their Grammy’s close-up and the next leg of their […]
January 25, 2023

How to Dress Like a Rock God

Maneskin has a new album, a best new artist Grammy nomination and a lot of thoughts on fashion. Four days before they arrived in New York, […]
November 3, 2021

Gucci Makes a Hollywood Entrance

LOS ANGELES — On election night in America, in the shadow of Grauman’s Chinese Theater and amid the panting anticipation for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” […]
November 22, 2020

Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series

A few months ago, back when most live fashion shows got canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and digital shows took their place, I had a […]
July 17, 2020

A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy?

In 1964 Andy Warhol trained a camera on the Empire State Building for about six and a half hours, in a meditation on the nature of […]
December 6, 2017

Gucci Moves Its Fine Jewelry Line Upmarket

Advertisement MILAN — These are flush times for Gucci, the 96-year-old house that in recent years has become fashion’s all-conquering luxury brand. And amid booming sales, […]
May 31, 2017

Did Gucci Copy ‘Dapper Dan’? Or Was It ‘Homage’?

Who knocks off the knockers-off? Who bootlegs the bootleggers? It is not quite as Juvenal, the great Roman satirist, once put it (“who watches the watchmen?”), […]
May 30, 2017

The Gucci Resort Renaissance

FLORENCE — At Gucci, people like to call Alessandro Michele the renaissance man. Since his ascent to the role of creative director just over two years […]
December 16, 2016

The Year in Style 2016: When It Became Cool to Be Cool

The Year in Style 2016 By MATTHEW SCHNEIER Seating was limited at the most anticipated fashion show of 2016, as you would expect. The invitations, printed […]