Renaissance Rock’n’Roll: When Gucci Went to Florence

Alessandro Michele’s Gucci couldn’t be mistaken for anything else. His aesthetic imprimatur, although eclectic to the point of frenzied, is nevertheless instantly identifiable. It’s an overload of the senses, an orgy of colour and embellishment that is frankly Renaissance in its richness. That isn’t a new assertion – Michele’s obsession with the past often collides the 1970s with the 1570s, a moment of Italian domination over world culture, including fashion. At that moment,…