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Ridley Scott to Direct Gucci Movie!

December 6th 2007 00:23
Ridley Scott announces Gucci film

Gucci fashion
A sample of Gucci Merchandise



According to the website zeenews.com Oscar winning Director and visual stylist Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator) is in talks to helm a film all about the Gucci Fashion Dynasty.

Ridley Scott fashion
Ridley Scott in Fashion



Not as empty an idea as it might first appear, the story will focus on the feuds from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. The family drama, power struggles and tragedy of the tumultuous Gucci clan is ripe with juicy plot material.

Maurizio, the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci took over the label in 1983 after a decade of infighting and then was assassinated in 1995. In 1998 it was proven that his wife Patrizia Reggiani had orchestrated the murder. This event will most likely be pivotal in the scripting of the as yet untitled project.

maurizzio gucci and patrizia reggiani
Maurizzio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani


Formed in 1906 the Italian label began by specialising in leather bags for the equestrian set. Expanding over the years to open its first Boutique in 1938, the prestigious accessories that were developed in the proceeding years still stand as benchmarks today.

Guccio Gucci
The man that started it all


No stranger to the glamour industry, Ridley Scott made his name with bold, revolutionary advertisements before launching a successful cinema career. His eye for detail is comparable to the finest designers. The aesthetic atmosphere he has sometimes achieved in his work could bolster the experience considerably and makes him a logical choice.

Ridley Scott Directing
Ridley Scott behind the lens


All reports seem positive and right now its seems the filmmaker is passionate about the idea, Still in the early gestation period at the moment the whole thing could end up amounting to nothing, after all no one has signed on the dotted line…yet.

Here is a Gucci ad Directed by Cinema legend David Lynch(Blue Velvet,Lost Highway)

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VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress


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