Gucci surprises with twin-themed present at Milan Trend Week

MILAN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Fashionistas noticed double at Gucci’s Milan Trend Week present on Friday, with the Italian luxurious label shocking audiences by sending identically-dressed twins down the catwalk.

Artistic director Alessandro Michele paid homage to twins and their bond for the present, known as “Gucci Twinsburg”, a nod to the Ohio city which holds a yearly pageant for twins.

The presentation started with single fashions strolling down the catwalk, earlier than a wall was lifted to indicate their brothers or sisters on the opposite facet in the very same outfits.

The siblings held palms as they walked collectively in a putting finale.

“I’m a son of two moms: mum Eralda and mum Giuliana. Two extraordinary girls who made their twinship the final word seal of their existence,” Michele stated in present notes.

“They lived in the identical physique. They dressed and combed their hair in the identical manner. They had been magically mirrored. One multiplied the opposite. That was my world, completely double and doubled.”

Michele’s designs started with a black blazer jacket teamed with suspender-like trouser legs, adopted by a shiny purple belted gown. Biker jackets had been paired with skirts bearing cutouts, shimmering silver jackets had been cropped and had massive shoulders, whereas prints on vibrant clothes depicted spanners and bolts.

Fashions additionally wore floor-length trench coats, floral kimono-inspired designs, and ruffled silk clothes, amongst an eclectic mixture of seems. Equipment included lengthy beaded jewelry and sun shades, leopard print tights and snakeskin boots.

“It is precisely the impossibility of the superbly an identical that nourishes the magic of twins,” Michele stated.

“Twinsburg performs this sport, producing a rigidity within the relationship between authentic and replica. As if by magic, garments duplicate. They appear to lose their standing of singularity.

“The impact is alienating and ambiguous. Virtually a rift within the concept of id, after which, the revelation: the identical garments emanate completely different qualities on seemingly an identical our bodies.”

Milan Trend Week runs till Monday.

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian, Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien

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