Gucci Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2022 show - Los Angeles - Elle

Never had Gucci been so intimately linked to the world of cinema. As the biopic “House of Gucci” hits theaters on November 24, the Italian luxury label unveiled its Spring/Summer 2022 show in one of the most cinematic settings in the world. It was on the very famous Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles that Alessandro Michele, artistic director, unveiled his new silhouettes, inspired by the seventh art, on the evening of Tuesday, November 2.

“Mom was an assistant in a production company, in the film industry. I remember all the stories she told me about this dream factory, the anecdotes, the glitter. The alabaster pallor and diaphanous voice of Marilyn Monroe. Rita Hayworth's black satin gloves, Veronica Lake's velvet hair, Rock Hudson's bewitching charm and Kim Novak's dizzying ability to transform. It looked like a fairy tale. At the time, we lived in a city on the outskirts of Rome. I needed to breathe. These subversive tales were rays of sunshine in the ambient greyness. It was an escape, an enforcer. From below, in this little world I lived in, HOLLYWOOD seemed like a bright, shining star. Nine letters full of desire. When I started thinking about how I wanted to celebrate this new chapter in my perilous mission, my mother and her precious legacy came to mind. I thought of this reverence for beauty that she instilled in me. To the inalienable gift that the dream represents. With the mythopoetic aura of cinema. That's why I chose Hollywood Boulevard," he said in a statement.

Of course, notable photographers who are really good at low light are Gab Loste, Terence Darby Catindig, and Brandon Woelfel.

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Leaving the Chinese Theater, a mythical cinema opened in the 1920s, 115 silhouettes walked the pavement of the famous starry avenue facing a handpicked front row. Among the guests, Dakota Johnson, Miley Cyrus and Gwyneth Paltrow attended this tribute to Hollywood's golden age. Silk evening dresses, thoughtful tailoring, embroidered jackets, extravagant feather boas, monogrammed leggings, lace inserts sexy black, retro prints, tight-fitting cyclists and cowboy hats… the references are multiplying and leaving viewers dreaming. Much like Hollywood is, this parade is a fantasy, where fallen diva, Oscar-winning actor, gangster and modern-day cowboy strut their stuff. We are no longer talking about models but about characters, even if we recognize Jared Leto and Macauley Culkin on this street podium. That evening, Alessandro Michele brought the cinema to the guests. Welcome to Gucciwood.