Gucci
Designer: Frida Giannini

• “Gucci’s runway was lit up by exotic creatures with evening wear that featured a luxurious play of feathers and ferns on netting that evoked firebirds.” [AFP]
• “The Gucci woman next winter is a playful mixture of demure and daring.” [AP]
• “Gucci’s gone (back) into the wild.” [Daily Front Row]
• “Giannini created a new sexy silhouette for a femme fatale who loves to surprise.” [The Daily Mail]
• “It wasn’t quite up there with Socratean sagacity, but this was a collection full of painstakingly designed features.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “The skinniest, second-skin, body-conscious silhouette you are ever likely to see on a Gucci catwalk.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “Who says being ladylike can’t be utterly sexy, too?” [FabSugar]
• “Gucci’s woman for Fall 2013 is strong, powerful, confident–and a little dangerous to boot.” [fashionologie]
• “Set a don’t-mess-with-us tough luxe tone that felt resonant beyond the catwalk.” [FT.com]
• “The switch in mood from London fashion week to Milan can be summed up not by hemlines but by heel height. … Gucci’s unabashedly sexy show on Wednesday had its models stride the glossy black runway in super tall, super sharp high heels.” [The Guardian]
• “Watch out, the Gucci woman this season is red hot.” [i-D Online]
• “What is certain is that Gucci lovers will vote en masse for this collection–an ode to power women not executed with such vigor since the 1980s, but with a 21st-century focus on craft and embellishment.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “This was one of the most successfully sexy Gucci shows the designer has produced for the brand in recent memory.” [NOWFASHION]
• “Who was it that said that sex and love are a battlefield? Well they could have been talking about Gucci Autumn/Winter 2013.” [SHOWstudio]
• “She may be a couple weeks shy of giving birth to her first baby, but she isn’t oblivious to the power of sex, that’s for sure.” [Style.com]
• “Venus might be in furs, but she’s also as likely to be in ferns or feathers.” [Vogue.com]
• “It was a tactile, tough and sexy collection.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Leather, python, and fur? Mix and match them with abandon for Gucci’s tough new sexiness.” [Wmagazine.com]
• “This lineup was about smart, wearable, precisely cut style.” [WWD]