A transitional Gucci Fall-Winter 2025-26 opens the Milan Fashion Week shows

Is this autumn-winter Gucci show a turning point in the current history of the century-old Italian fashion house? Twenty days ago, the label from the luxury group Kering announced the end of its collaboration with Sabato de Sarno, who had been creative director since 2023? Was the shadow of Alessandro Michele, today at Valentino, too long? While waiting to find out, in due time according to sources from the brand, who will take the reins of Gucci, it was the creative studio of the house that was responsible for the collection that was seen today in Milan. Nostalgia is the key word for the autumn-winter 2025-2026 looks that the Florentine brand showed on the catwalk. The 60s are seen in tailored waistcoats with large buttons; in herringbone coats with short, wide sleeves à la Jackie Kennedy (like the printed headscarves); in suits and miniskirt dresses... All in a high-toned, wide palette of pastel tones. Another part of Gucci's winter plays with contrasts, mixing the lightness of lingerie garments with the power of fur coats in a very seventies style, as are pieces such as a low-cut jumpsuit in grey velvet studded with logos. Bags are the protagonists of the collection, either geometric and small, or large and with bamboo handles, one of the many hallmarks of Gucci. These, too, in full colour, to liven up the transition, the wait for what (who) is to come