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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Scarlett Conlon

Sabato de Sarno brings new era of pragmatism to Gucci at menswear debut

Models walk the runway at the Gucci collection show during Milan fashion week menswear wearing black and white tailored trousers and jackets and coats.
De Sarno’s Gucci collection lent itself more to restraint than carefree abandon. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

After nearly a decade of nostalgia-laced maximalism at Gucci, a new era of pragmatism has arrived under its new creative director, Sabato de Sarno.

Unveiling his first menswear collection at Milan fashion week on Friday afternoon after his womenswear debut in September, de Sarno’s Gucci aesthetic is a striking departure from the wistful glamour of his predecessor Alessandro Michele, which dominated much of the second half of the 2010s.

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