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Xulia is wearing a pussy-bow silk satin georgette shirt, panama wool mohair trousers, leather belt with brass finish double-G buckle and leather mules with wool lining and horse-bit detail by GUCCIPhotography by RobiRodriguez, Styling by Katie Shillingford

Gucci’s Alessandro Michele on the Great Power of Clothes

Alessandro Michele’s Gucci muses for his latest collection include key pieces from his debut season for the house. Here, their memories are revisited and revived, as the designer explains in his own words

Lead ImageXulia is wearing a pussy-bow silk satin georgette shirt, panama wool mohair trousers, leather belt with brass finish double-G buckle and leather mules with wool lining and horse-bit detail by GUCCIPhotography by RobiRodriguez, Styling by Katie Shillingford

This article is taken from the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of AnOther Magazine. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we are making the issue free and available digitally for a limited time only to all our readers wherever you are in the world. Sign up here.

“One of the things I have always been in love with, and continuously fall in love with, over and over again, is taking meticulous care of my treasured wardrobe. I enjoy looking after my things, in an almost-religious manner. I am a loyal person – I never betray my passions. They are at the forefront of everything I do. Sometimes I discover new loves, for example at the moment I am devoted to my guitar.

“I had already begun enriching and refining my collections with different codes, through a single volume, a single colour, a smaller shoulder. I am a little bit in love with certain clean lines now. I have always worked in a way that is very personal to me, focusing exclusively, obsessively, on what I love. Working in this way, staying true to myself, means that I can produce more creatively and authentically.

“Having to spend more time at home recently gave me the opportunity to rediscover my wardrobe, my personal archive. I examined the garments and began to fall in love again with certain pieces – beautiful jackets, the pleated skirts, the red chiffon dress, and even some of the basketball T-shirts I used to collect.

“I wondered about the great power clothes have – even those we believe belong to everyday life” – Alessandro Michele

Hair: Pawel Solis at Artlist using ORIBE. Models: Blanca Anchústegui Mariño and Paloma Herrera at People- file, Claudia Martínez de la Fuente, Aury Pimentel at Trend and Xulia Pousa at Wild. Casting: Gabrielle Lawrence at People-file. Photographic assistant: Quim Murillo. Styling assistants: Martí Serra Timoner and George Pistachio. Production: CAP Dept. Production director: Adriana Pardo at CAP Dept. Production managers: Paula Martínez and Martí Resta at CAP Dept. Production assistant: Andres Seijo.

This article originally featured in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of AnOther Magazine which will be on sale from 8 April, 2021. Pre-order a copy here and sign up for free access to the issue here.