Gucci Podcast

Past tense, present tense, future tense: Vault is Gucci’s latest experiment in fashion avant-gardism. It’s an online space that acts as a time machine, bringing vintage Gucci into the present. In this special episode of the Vault mini-series, we meet the archive editor at Vogue.com, Laird Borrelli-Perrson. As the person tasked with the monumental responsibility of digitalizing Vogue’s fashion archive, Laird talks with Professor Shahidha Bari from London College of Fashion, about her unique perspective on fashion history and the enduring influence of the past on the present.Discover more on vault.gucci.com/

Vault is the latest adventure in fashion from Creative Director, Alessandro Michele. It’s an online meeting place and a space to discover the most exciting new design talent emerging from around the world. In this episode, we meet three radically experimental creatives whose work is being championed on Vault: Shanel Campbell, Gui Rosa and Bianca Saunders. Shanel explains how fine art meets fashion design in her work. Gui Rosa explores his wide-ranging influences, from his Portuguese grandmother to the “lot lizards” of middle American truck stops. And menswear designer Bianca Saunders sets out her vision for reimagining modern masculinity. They gathered at the Vault launch event in Milan and talked with host, Shahidha Bari.Discover more on vault.gucci.com/

Vault, the new online concept store created by Gucci, is many different things at once: a time machine, an archive, a library, a laboratory, and a meeting place. It is in a state of continuous evolution, reflecting Alessandro Michele’s passion for experimentation, showcasing restored and customized archive pieces alongside the creations of a new wave of designers through a poetic and coherent editorial format.During a special exhibit to celebrate the launch during Milan Fashion Week, emerging talents Josephine Bergqvist and Livia Schück from Rave Review, and Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto from JORDANLUCA were interviewed remotely by Shahidha Bari, Professor of Fashion Cultures and Histories at London College of Fashion. Discover more on vault.gucci.com/

During Frieze Art, actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament from the Talk Art podcast spoke to artist and photographer Ronan Mckenzie at Gucci Circolo Shoreditch, a new neighborhood-centric temporary space (and the House’s first in East London) designed to offer a truly unique, multi-dimensional experience.Ronan talks about art, her ongoing collaboration with Gucci and HOME—her multifunctional creative initiative to presents a considered curation of exhibitions from leading and exciting artists. Discover more about HOME on www.homebyrm.space/Locate Gucci Circolo Shoreditch on bit.ly/3DE2QSs

Vault, the new online concept store created by Gucci, is many different things at once: a time machine, an archive, a library, a laboratory, and a meeting place. It is in a state of continuous evolution, reflecting Alessandro Michele’s passion for experimentation, showcasing restored and customized archive pieces alongside the creations of a new wave of designers through a poetic and coherent editorial format. During a special exhibit to celebrate the launch during Milan Fashion Week, two of the emerging talents, Priya Ahluwalia and Jezabelle Cormio, were interviewed remotely by Shahidha Bari, Professor of Fashion Cultures and Histories at London College of Fashion. Discover more on https://vault.gucci.com/

This episode is the first in an exciting new mini-series dedicated to Vault – Gucci’s latest fashion adventure from the imagination of Creative Director Alessandro Michele. In this first episode, fashion philosopher Shahidha Bari introduces Vault and what it represents, recounts important moments in Gucci's history and talks about the importance of vintage. Vault is an online space and many different things at once: a time machine, an archive, a library, a laboratory, and a meeting place. It is in a state of continuous evolution, reflecting Alessandro Michele’s passion for experimentation, showcasing restored and customized archive pieces alongside the creations of emerging designers through a poetic and coherent editorial format. Discover more on https://vault.gucci.com/

This episode of the podcast features a recording of a conversation between digital creator Bryanboy and fashion journalist, author, and critic, Alexander Fury, which took place on Gucci’s Instagram Live during GucciFest in November 2020, as they shared their thoughts on a series of short films created by the 15 emerging designers whose collections were showcased during the fashion and film festival. Many of these same talents will be part of Vault, a space long envisioned by Gucci’s Creative Director, Alessandro Michele, that will be launching soon.

Il filosofo Emanuele Coccia e l’artista e ricercatrice Anna Franceschini ci guidano tra i mondi visionari di Gucci Garden Archetypes, lo spazio espositivo multi-sensoriale del Gucci Garden di Firenze dedicato alle campagne pubblicitarie degli ultimi sei anni di Alessandro Michele. Un’immersione nella caleidoscopica estetica del Direttore Creativo, in cui ogni atto creativo rappresenta un momento unico e irripetibile – un archetipo - fonte e alimento del dibattito su temi di portata universale, dove il confine tra passato, presente e futuro, tra storia, mitologia e utopia, si sposta continuamente. Scopri Gucci Garden Archetypes attraverso il tour virtuale https://virtualtourguccigarden.gucci.com/

To celebrate the Gucci Garden Archetypes exhibition, Antwaun Sargent, a New York-based writer and curator recites ‘To Make A Picture’—an essay he wrote for the catalogue of the exhibition—and offers a brief commentary on the history, content and progression of the House’s advertising campaigns under the creative manifesto of Alessandro Michele. The exhibition itself is a multi-sensory space journeying through time as well as out of it, exploring the diverse inspirations and archetypes that range from art and music to modern metropolises and utopian worlds. The exhibition is held permanently at the Gucci Garden in Florence and temporarily in many cities around the world including Hong Kong and Shanghai. Experience the virtual tour here: https://bit.ly/375Xxgq

As part of the House’s celebrations in its centenary year, Gucci has opened a new home for its archive in Palazzo Settimanni in Florence. This episode’s guests include director and curator of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Valerie Steele—who collaborated on the layout and curation of the public spaces of the Gucci Archive—and Vogue fashion journalist Luke Leitch. Together they discuss the origins of archiving and the importance of preserving and collecting history. Discover more about the Gucci Archive on: https://bit.ly/3x9L3ip Take a virtual tour: https://bit.ly/2Vk4VSE