Gucci teaming up with long-standing Japanese silk firm to make stunning limited-edition luggage

Attractive conventional Japanese artwork mixed with Gucci’s historical past makes for some actually gorgeous luggage. 

Kyoto is legendary for lots of conventional Japanese artwork and meals, and a type of is Nishijin silk textiles, often called Nishijin-ori in Japanese. Produced within the northwestern Kyoto district of the identical identify, this material is product of woven silk that has already been dyed, giving it a tough however sturdy texture. Nishinjin silk dates again to the Heian Interval (round 1200 CE) when it was supported by the the Aristocracy, the warrior class, and the rich, and is now often called one in every of Japan’s conventional artwork varieties.

With a 20-step manufacturing course of, the place every step is overseen by a specialist, these textiles are, naturally, very costly. That’s why it’s used for among the highest-quality, luxurious merchandise like the most recent limited-edition purses from vogue model Gucci.

Gucci has teamed up in a particular collaboration with Japan’s oldest Nishijin silk firm, Hosoo, to make stunning, sturdy luggage, made with the involvement of each by Japanese artisans utilizing conventional strategies handed down for generations and Gucci’s artisans in Florence.

Using the signatures of each Gucci and Hosoo, they’ve provide you with three new, three-dimensional textiles of Gucci motifs woven with the refined, shining silk, gold leaf, and silver leaf that Nishijin textiles are well-known for. These textiles are utilized in two new extraordinarily limited-edition Gucci luggage.

The Gucci Bamboo 1947 is a up to date reinterpretation of Gucci’s bamboo deal with purses, which have an extended and painted historical past. Within the post-World Warfare II Italy of 1947, when supplies for making purses had been scarce, Gucci founder Guccio Gucci, with the assistance of Florence artisans, got here up with the thought to make use of gentle however robust bamboo for the handles of their luggage. These “bamboo luggage” quickly turned beloved by Hollywood actresses and jet setters and had been recognized world wide as iconic vogue items.

Although designed within the conventional bamboo bag fashion, the Gucci Bamboo 1947 makes use of a ravishing finely woven floral Nishijin silk brocade with a pink leather-based border, a gold and bamboo catch, and a bamboo deal with. It’s a female and complicated model of an already traditional design.

The Gucci Diana is a part of a line of baggage that reimagine the bamboo-handled tote luggage initially launched in 1991, and is a part of the Overture Assortment. A signature of the brand new design is the leather-based belt surrounding the deal with, which is detachable however is designed to assist preserve the form of the purse.

The Nishijin material used within the Gucci Diana is three-dimensional, with a really minute model of the Gucci emblem woven in a single, impartial coloration. The result’s a really subtle, refined purse that appears like the peak of luxurious.

The luggage are additionally meant to embody the bonds between the Gucci model and the town of Kyoto. For instance, in celebration of its 100-year anniversary in 2021 and in anticipation of the subsequent 100 years to come back, Gucci held a number of particular occasions in Kyoto, one in every of which was Gucci Bamboo Home, an exhibition themed on custom and creation that showcased Gucci’s iconic bamboo purses.

Each the Gucci Bamboo 1947 and Gucci Diana will likely be out there on the market in extraordinarily restricted portions at choose Gucci outlets round Japan on December 1. These are assured to attract the attention and the ire of any who see them, so when you’ve acquired the money to spare, you gained’t need to snooze on them!

Gucci doesn’t typically group up with Japanese manufacturers, however once they do, the result’s at all times gorgeous, even with one thing as brilliant and youthful as Doraemon. We’re at all times excited to see what they arrive out with subsequent!

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