1970s Glamour Vs. William Blake at Gucci S/S17

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There are few designers who have left as visible an imprint on contemporary fashion in recent seasons as Alessandro Michele, the Gucci creative director responsible for bringing a vibrantly hued and variously printed eclecticism to the Italian powerhouse. S/S17 showed a continuation of form: the Gucci woman (and man, because there were plenty of men here) was, as the show notes proclaimed, "steeped in wonder, phantasmagoria and unorthodoxy" – or, in layman's terms, dressed…