Milan Fashion Week Highlights // Gucci FW15

After a surprise early exit by outgoing designer Frida Giannini, the design team at Gucci -- led by Alessandro Michele, who previously was in charge of the brand’s accessories -- reworked the entire collection in reportedly less then a week. Together they offered up a collection that had very little in common with the work done by the woman who had helmed the label for almost a decade.

Giannini had a clear love of the 70s and an affinity for a more dandy-esque sort of menswear. Michele and his team pushed those ideas even further. Into the realm of felinity, with a collection that mixed male and female models wearing pieces that blurred gender lines.

An androgynous era of Gucci unfolded in a groundbreaking, 
last minute collection created by an in house team.

From the first pussy bow red silk shirt that opened the show, through the bracelet sleeve jackets, ruffled turtlenecks and semi sheer floral lace tops- the collection was one that took Gucci in a decidedly new direction. Daring, too, were the accessories with jaunty berets and knit pompom-topped caps.

The collection looked youthful, with the show notes describing it as "A dreamy ambiguity," with soft -romantic, emotional beauty that took the brand in a whole unexpected direction.