One of the continuing trends season after season is fashion rewind. Last season designer Frida Giannini rewind the fashion clock at Gucci to the 70’s and this season she rolled back to the 60’s. The look and inspiration is a very monochromatic color palette with shocks of reds, purples, and silver here and there. Giannini’s focus in terms of inspiration this season is the prints used on several looks. While she kept to a skinny leg pant this season she did show a lot of short length dresses. One of the standout pieces in the opening section is one of the bold prints she used throughout the opening section. The key to this dress is the color combination, mixing red with burgundy and purple. The dress length is short and finished with a belt around the torso.

Most of the editors were raving about these bold color pieces and looks post-show. While I loved the color in the first section, one section I think will be overlooked by editors is the 60’s geometric print looks. The prints were a combination of a honeycomb design and geometric fan shapes. One of the standout looks in this section is mini a-line dress. The dress incorporates both prints, the fan print use for the bust line of the dress and the honeycomb print for the high waist skirt section. For evening Giannini goes long showing a series of floor length gowns. One of the standout looks in the evening section is a reworked classic paisley Gucci print on black silk. The dress has a full skirt and halter-top neckline. The dress is finished with bands of purple and red around the halter and waistline.

There were two must have looks from this collection. First is one of the 60’s geometric print looks. A classic a-line mini dress with a honeycomb design done in metallic silver. The other must have piece from the collection is one of Giannini’s leather jackets. The jacket is black suede with a black snakeskin detailing the jacket. The snakeskin is used to create a 60’s architecture line design on the bodice and sleeves. The jacket is tailored close to the waist and pinned with one of Giannini’s wide belts in purple. For her junior collection Gucci, Frida Giannini returned to the dark and masculine womenswear of the Tom Ford days but she adds her take on the Gucci woman. The key pieces to the collection are Frida’s print dresses and gowns. Her ability to re-master prints from the Gucci archives is amazing. Friday is proving to be the right fit for the house of Gucci. Not since Ford has the brand had such great understanding of the brand the look the customer depends on. Bravo Madame Giannini!

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