Alessandro Michele leaves the creative direction of Gucci. The confirmation came yesterday evening with an official note from the Kering group brand, after the rumors circulated for hours: after more than seven years, it is a divorce from the designer who has played a fundamental role "in making Gucci what it is today, thanks to its revolutionary creativity and always in compliance with the brand codes". « There are times when paths separate due to the different perspectives that each of us may have. For me - underlines the Roman designer, 50 years old on November 25th - an extraordinary journey has come to an end, which lasted more than twenty years, within a company to which I have tirelessly dedicated all my love and my creative passion. During this long period, Gucci has been my home, my adopted family. To this extended family, to all the individual people who have cared for and supported it, goes my heartfelt thanks, my biggest and most moved embrace. Together with them I have desired, dreamed, imagined. Without them none of what I have built would have been possible. To them therefore my most sincere wish: may you continue to feed on your dreams, subtle and impalpable matter that makes a life worth living. May you continue to feed on poetic and inclusive imagery, remaining faithful to your values. May you always live on your passions, driven by the wind of freedom», his parting words. The Gucci team will continue the creative direction of the house until the announcement of a new organization. Marco Bizzarri, president and CEO of the group, thanks "Alessandro for his twenty-year commitment to Gucci and, for his vision, dedication and unconditional love for this unique Maison, over the years as creative director".
The latest fashion show designed by Michele for the brand was one of the most incredible fashion shows of recent times: the designer - who was the first to embrace and promote the gender fluid aesthetic - used twin models who wore tailored garments and androgynous . The reason for the choice, a reflection on his identity: his mother had a twin and he always thought he had two mothers. In the show his visionary idea of fashion has left its mark with the clothes worn by Achille Lauro in Sanremo and still with the clothes made for the Maneskin . Without forgetting Jared Leto, who showed up at the 2022 Met Gala with the same 70s tuxedo, dark glasses and loose hair on his shoulders, as his friend and twin brother Alessandro Michele.
