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South China Morning Post
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Style Edit: The Gucci Portrait Series celebrates individual identity
It's not often that luxury brand advertising makes you stop and think about subjects beyond the beautiful clothes and accessories, which is why Gucci's newly released autumn/winter 2025 campaign is a breath of fresh air. This season, the Italian luxury house has given us more food – and fashion – for thought with The Gucci Portrait Series, a campaign that celebrates individual expression and identity through a stylish Gucci lens. Photographer Catherine Opie shot The Gucci Portrait Series. Photo: Handout Advertisement To bring this concept to life, the house turned to prominent American photographer Catherine Opie, whose work frequently explores identity – particularly LGBTQ identity – and various subcultures. Her photographs often blend documentary and conceptual approaches to create images that are not just visually striking, but also invite the viewer to delve more deeply into the subject. Each shot is intended to go beyond the beauty of the clothes to say something about the models themselves. Photo: Handout The Gucci Portrait Series features 42 individuals from diverse generations and backgrounds, with Opie looking to have each person's identity take the lead, revealing an authentic relationship between person and garment. The campaign unfolds against the backdrop of Gucci's enduring spirit of sprezzatura, the perfectly imperfect Italian style that has defined the house's aesthetic across generations. The idea is to probe the relationship between the wearer and the worn. Photo: Handout Each image captures details in how a garment is worn that reveal the subtle language of identity – from the way a jacket folds, a bag is held or a scarf hangs against the body. Clothing becomes a frame within which individuality emerges, the sitter's identity revealed through posture, ease and attitude. Gucci's autumn/winter 2025 show at Milan Fashion Week. Photo: Handout Accompanying the campaign is a series of candid videos directed by London-based filmmaker Lisa Rovner, in which cast members are invited to respond to open-ended questions. These moments of humour, reflection and memory are unguarded glimpses at their inner selves. The Gucci Portrait Series is a collective study of identity that invites us to look not just at the garments, but at the expressions they frame and the people who wear them.
Nylon
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Nylon
Gucci presents its Fall Winter 2025 campaign with a Portrait Series featuring 42 individuals and their stories
Photographed by American photographer Catherine Opie, the Gucci Portrait Series is part of the Italian fashion house's Fall Winter 2025 campaign that brings 42 individuals together, each with their own story and perspective, for a collective portrait woven through the diversity of generations and backgrounds. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Focused on intimate and human-centred portraiture, Catherine's lens reveal that authentic relationship between a person and the garment in moments both composed and spontaneous. From the way a jacket folds, or a bag is held, to how a scarf moves; the body's rhythm becomes a subtle language of identity. In this campaign, clothing is more than fabric and form. It is a frame where individuality emerges, not constructed through performance, but revealed through posture, ease, and attitude. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Image courtesy of Gucci. Aside from photos, the campaign extends into a series of intimate videos directed by filmmaker Lisa Rovner, where cast members respond candidly to open-ended questions, offering moments of humour, reflection, and memory. Set against the backdrop of Gucci's enduring codes — a spirit of sprezzatura — the essence of studied effortlessness permeates the Gucci Portrait Series, offering a living continuity of the House's past, present and future. Here's a look at the campaign video below. Looks from the Gucci Fall Winter 2025 collection will be available at boutiques and online at from 28 August.
Los Angeles Times
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
8 L.A. happenings in April to keep you moving and energized
Join artists Catherine Opie and Melodie McDaniel in conversation with Getty curator Isotta Poggi and 10x10 Photobooks co-founder Russet Lederman to discuss the Getty Research Institute exhibition 'What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1943–1999.' The exhibit features a global history of women photographers, inclusively remapping the photobook canon to highlight identity and resilience. A reception and gallery viewing will follow. Friday, April 11, 6 p.m. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, Bridal studio Danielle Frankel establishes its first bricks-and-mortar store on Melrose Avenue, offering the same quality craftsmanship as its New York atelier. Interior designer Augusta Hoffman collaborated with Danielle Frankel to source Los Angeles-based vintage furniture and art for the space. Peruse racks of the brand's whimsical, nostalgic gowns, perfect for the L.A. bride. 8475 Melrose Place, Los Angeles Louis Vuitton's newest fragrance, eLVes — and its first feminine fragrance since 2021 — is perfect for the bold traveler this spring. Master perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud's creation combines fresh rose and lily of the valley extracts with a spicy amber base note, a complex composition that conveys strength, spontaneity and joy. LV's centifolia rose extract and hints of blackcurrant, peach and coconut milk complete the fragrance, balancing light and dark, floral and earthy. Skims has officially landed in Los Angeles with its first flagship store on the West Coast. Designed by Rafael de Cárdenas, Ltd., the store reflects the brand's sleek minimalism and intimate, body-conscious designs. Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Kim Kardashian said the L.A. opening is a 'full-circle moment,' bringing the brand home. 8569 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood Indulge in the fierce tiger-print rugs and Irish green marble of Italian couture brand Roberto Cavalli's first Los Angeles boutique at the Beverly Center. Leopard-print wallpaper featuring Cavalli's signature Ray of Gold print completes the layout. Customers can look out for items such as the Roar bag, black leather monogrammed heels and pumps with snakelike lettering. 8500 Beverly Blvd., Unit 750, Los Angeles Artist and curator Anita Herrera and the Los Angeles Nomadic Division pay tribute to the quinceañera as well as LAND's 15th anniversary with a one-of-a-kind fundraiser. Inspired by Y2K quinceañeras, the event will feature an archival photo installation by Latinx Diaspora Archives, limited-edition Mario Ayala merchandise, dinner from La Birria House and more. Los Angeles-based singer San Cha and members of the El Quince court will perform, and the party doesn't stop there — get ready for back-to-back DJ sets until 2 a.m. Saturday, April 26, 6 p.m. 2811 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles Multidisciplinary artist Jim Jarmusch, known for directing films such as 'Stranger than Paradise' (1984) and 'Broken Flowers' (2005), will have his first solo exhibition in L.A., 'some more collages,' at modernist gallery James Fuentes. 'Some more collages' displays Jarmusch's newsprint collages, which reflect his expansive archive of visual fragments, along with lithographs from Frieze Los Angeles. This James Fuentes exhibition marks a creative shift for Jarmusch — in this new, simplified approach, he has selectively hand-torn the faces out of the prints, creating an ambiguous narrative for viewers to interpret. March 29–April 26. 5015 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles Vans and Gallery Dept. have teamed up to release a bold new sneaker that blurs the line between streetwear and art. The paint-splattered OTW Authentic 44 is everything the two innovative brands embody — raw, expressive and effortlessly cool. Along the sidewall, a testament to individuality and creative exploration: 'Art That Kills.'
