Alessandro Michele Has Brought His Magic Touch To Gucci's High Jewellery

Enter Alessandro Michele's office in the 16th-century palazzo that is Gucci's design HQ in Rome, and you enter what he calls the "Beautiful confusion" of his creative universe The room is a multi-layered mash-up of past and present, of history and pop culture - the same potent mix that has characterised Gucci since Michele became creative director in 2015 and turned it into the fashion powerhouse it is today Given his deeply sentimental attachment to jewels, it was inevitable that Michele would turn to designing a high jewellery collection for Gucci.

"If Gucci is a piece of my soul, then it must have jewellery too," he says Now Gucci joins their ranks, revealing its first high jewellery collection, of about 200 pieces, during Paris Haute Couture this month While the world may be familiar with the brand's attention-grabbing costume jewellery on the catwalk, Gucci's high jewellery is elegant and restrained.

The designer has been involved in every stage of the collection, from the stone selection to the opening of a standalone Gucci jewellery store on Paris's Place Vendôme, and every detail is loaded with historical references. . Source