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Gucci by Tom Ford
Milan, 1994 to 2004
Ford made Gucci dangerous, and the cut did most of the work.
Tom Ford joined Gucci in 1990, when the house was close to collapse, and became creative director in 1994. Autumn/Winter 1995 set the tone: velvet hipsters, satin shirts open to the sternum, mohair coats, everything cut close to the body.
He left in 2004. Accessories from those ten years carry the same discipline, a buckle doing the one decorative job he allowed.
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Jean Paul Gaultier
