Designer showcases vision of clothes as ‘psycho-geographic maps’ in disused train depot without losing mainstream appealAlessandro Michele has changed what the Gucci loafer means. At the beginning of 2015,before Michele’s promotion from accessories to the design hot seat, the shoe was an international symbol for smooth, and establishment sophistication and a certain type of expensive-restaurant sex appeal. After two seasons of Michele’s Gucci,the loafer – backless and fur-soled for autumn, raised on a pearl-studded heel for spring – stands for surrealism, orrogyny and an avant-garde kind of luxury.
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Source: theguardian.com