For the last couple of years, there has been no label hotter than Gucci. Its influence on fashion, popular and celebrity culture has been an overwhelming success - a certified fact generated thanks to the fresh philosophy the brand adopted under its new creative director in 2015.
INTERVIEW BY İLKAY GÜRPINAR
This year, for its fall 2017 collection, Gucci has collaborated with Coco on a gender-fluid capsule collection. It’s not hard to see why the esteemed creative director’s rejuvenating melancholy jibes so well with Coco’s self-fulfilling prophecies du jour. They share a mutual affection for the written word and a moderate but modern language that reflects a sort of Dionysian poetic reverie. After all, the journey towards creating the ultimate in beauty cannot only be made of pretty things. The sceptic that can adapt prevails.
Coming from a small town in Spain, Coco welcomes you with a HOLA message when you log onto her website. Moving to London at the age of 17 and studying arts at Central St. Martins and then the Royal College of Art, Coco has become a celebrated young photographer and an intense artist/wordsmith in a very short time, with her signature slogans, featuring fragile but bold handwriting, a borderline innocent contradiction in themselves.
How would you describe your relationship with words?
My writings are another outlet for my artistic expression; they complement my pictures and also allow me to express new ideas.
I am rather excited about your Gucci Collaboration for Fall 2017. How was the collaborative process with Alessandro Michele and the Gucci team?
The collaborative process was very easy and enjoyable. Alessandro appreciates and encourages the creative process of his collaborators whilst at the same time giving valuable direction to a project. I truly admire his work and personality and feel extremely grateful for the opportunity I was given.
What would you say about the philosophy or conceptual framework behind this collaboration?
It’s a mixture of my and Alessandro’s styles and feelings about what we wanted to create.
For the last couple of years, there has been no label hotter than Gucci. Its influence on fashion, popular and celebrity culture has been an overwhelming success - a certified fact generated thanks to the fresh philosophy the brand adopted under its new creative director in 2015.
INTERVIEW BY İLKAY GÜRPINAR
This year, for its fall 2017 collection, Gucci has collaborated with Coco on a gender-fluid capsule collection. It’s not hard to see why the esteemed creative director’s rejuvenating melancholy jibes so well with Coco’s self-fulfilling prophecies du jour. They share a mutual affection for the written word and a moderate but modern language that reflects a sort of Dionysian poetic reverie. After all, the journey towards creating the ultimate in beauty cannot only be made of pretty things. The sceptic that can adapt prevails.
Coming from a small town in Spain, Coco welcomes you with a HOLA message when you log onto her website. Moving to London at the age of 17 and studying arts at Central St. Martins and then the Royal College of Art, Coco has become a celebrated young photographer and an intense artist/wordsmith in a very short time, with her signature slogans, featuring fragile but bold handwriting, a borderline innocent contradiction in themselves.
How would you describe your relationship with words?
My writings are another outlet for my artistic expression; they complement my pictures and also allow me to express new ideas.
I am rather excited about your Gucci Collaboration for Fall 2017. How was the collaborative process with Alessandro Michele and the Gucci team?
The collaborative process was very easy and enjoyable. Alessandro appreciates and encourages the creative process of his collaborators whilst at the same time giving valuable direction to a project. I truly admire his work and personality and feel extremely grateful for the opportunity I was given.
What would you say about the philosophy or conceptual framework behind this collaboration?
It’s a mixture of my and Alessandro’s styles and feelings about what we wanted to create.
For the last couple of years, there has been no label hotter than Gucci. Its influence on fashion, popular and celebrity culture has been an overwhelming success - a certified fact generated thanks to the fresh philosophy the brand adopted under its new creative director in 2015.
INTERVIEW BY İLKAY GÜRPINAR
This year, for its fall 2017 collection, Gucci has collaborated with Coco on a gender-fluid capsule collection. It’s not hard to see why the esteemed creative director’s rejuvenating melancholy jibes so well with Coco’s self-fulfilling prophecies du jour. They share a mutual affection for the written word and a moderate but modern language that reflects a sort of Dionysian poetic reverie. After all, the journey towards creating the ultimate in beauty cannot only be made of pretty things. The sceptic that can adapt prevails.
Coming from a small town in Spain, Coco welcomes you with a HOLA message when you log onto her website. Moving to London at the age of 17 and studying arts at Central St. Martins and then the Royal College of Art, Coco has become a celebrated young photographer and an intense artist/wordsmith in a very short time, with her signature slogans, featuring fragile but bold handwriting, a borderline innocent contradiction in themselves.
How would you describe your relationship with words?
My writings are another outlet for my artistic expression; they complement my pictures and also allow me to express new ideas.
I am rather excited about your Gucci Collaboration for Fall 2017. How was the collaborative process with Alessandro Michele and the Gucci team?
The collaborative process was very easy and enjoyable. Alessandro appreciates and encourages the creative process of his collaborators whilst at the same time giving valuable direction to a project. I truly admire his work and personality and feel extremely grateful for the opportunity I was given.
What would you say about the philosophy or conceptual framework behind this collaboration?
It’s a mixture of my and Alessandro’s styles and feelings about what we wanted to create.
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+90 212 232 4288
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POSITOPIA
17
OUT NOW
is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com
POSITOPIA
17
OUT NOW
is a large format international biannual magazine from Istanbul. Focusing on arts, culture and society, each issue tackles various universal subjects within a distinct theme.
Address
Mim Kemal Öke Cad. No.6 D.6 Nişantaşı, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey
+90 212 232 4288
contact@212magazine.com