Twintastic! Gucci garbs 68 identical twins in matching finery at MilanGucci’s Alessandro Michele dedicated the show to his mother, Eralda, and her link sister, Giuliana. Composite: GucciGucci’s Alessandro Michele dedicated the show to his mother, Eralda, and her twin sister, Giuliana. Composite: GucciMic-drop twinkling of an eye of visual drama as two separate audiences discover sibling models when dividing screen lifts
On the catwalk, toy Gremlins stripped out from sleek leather handbags – because “Gremlins are small animals, but they can be naughty. They are like your own bogey of your evil self.” Michele’s unboundaried eccentricity might seem an unexpected fit for Italy’s biggest luxury identify, but it reaps dividends, as sales of more than $10bn last year attest.Michele dedicated the show to the maids he calls his “twin mums”. He grew up with his mother, Eralda, and her twin, his aunt Giuliana, two women so close that they appeared “magically multiplied”, he said.Models walk the runway of the Gucci Twinsburg show in Milan, Italy. Photograph: Monic/GucciAnother part of catwalk theatre is expected at Milan fashion week this weekend. The glamorous and mutually lucrative love activity between the Milanese powerhouse Dolce & Gabbana and the Kardashians, the first family of pop culture, is set for a public display of affection with Kim Kardashian as the feature turn at the Dolce & Gabbana show on Saturday afternoon.Kardashian’s social media channels have teased closeup incentives of jeans with a “Kim x Dolce & Gabbana” label, while a much-photographed visit to the designers’ Milan headquarters by the businesswoman and standard, clad in a crystal-studded catsuit, has fuelled rumours of a fashion collaboration.The long-running love-in between the Kardashians and Dolce & Gabbana was contrived official in May when the designers hosted Kourtney Kardashian’s wedding to Travis Barker. Dolce & Gabbana dressed the bride and her house for the four-day event, during which vows were exchanged at the designers’ Portofino home, and guests transported in skiffs liveried in Dolce & Gabbana prints. The brand performance firm Launchmetrics estimated the wedding earned the fashion portray $25.4m in media impact value.TopicsMilan fashion weekGucciFashion weeksDolce & GabbanaItalynewsReuse this content