By CATHY HORYN
Ms. Giannini provided a lot of good, unpretentious clothes that will probably feel right to shoppers next spring.
The most appealing looks were snug safari jackets in cotton twill with wrap miniskirts, tunics and poncho dresses in olive silk with zips and drawstrings, and a soft boss-looking python jacket worn with tropical-print jeans. The bags were big and easy, a reprise of Gucci’s Jackie bag from ’60s.
Gucci: Outward Bound
By Cathy Horyn
A few words on Frida Giannini’s latest Gucci collection before I fire up the curling iron and go blearily to the Tod’s party, where Gwyneth Paltrow is the guest of honor and there is certain to be mob panic. Giannini has become an expert not so much in expressing an idea as packaging it. Everything is presented in easy-to-digest units—the boyish pantsuit in cotton or linen (with perky fedoras), the swingy mini caftan (now in a tropical print), the sexy safari section (some adorable poncho dresses and mean python jackets washed to a lovely thinness), and the filmy evening dress. There was sort of a travel experience embedded in the show, with some of the pantsuit colors evocative of an airline palette.
And in a way that makes sense: these clothes can travel anywhere, and tourist spending has been a bright spot for American and European design houses.
Natasha Poly
Toni Garrn
Mariacarla Boscono
Yulia Kharlapanova
Shannan Click
Natasha Poly
Kasia Struss
Vlada Roslyakova
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Shannan Click
Natasha Poly
Mariacarla Boscono
Kasia Struss
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