Gucci: The Art of Silk

Assouline's coffee-table book "Gucci: The Art of Silk" tells the story of the house's extraordinary silk scarves. With exclusive access to the Gucci archives, located in a fifteenth-century Florentine palazzo, the book outlines an unusual history of this iconic accessory, from its beginnings to its revivals by a succession of Gucci creative directors, namely Tom Ford, Frida Giannini, Alessandro Michele and Sabato De Sarno.

The beautifully illustrated book lets you discover how the scarves sometimes created and reflect the success of the House itself: how the Gucci family strived to be modern Medicis; the impact of Renaissance Florence; the continuum of craft and creativity-with never-before-seen images in Gucci's studios; the power of celebrity and aristocracy; and the role of contemporary art, highlighted here through a first-look preview of the latest Gucci silk scarf project, "90×90," nine limited-edition scarves by thirty-eight cutting-edge artists.

The cover of the book features Gucci's most famous print, the "Flora," which features forty-three species of flowers, plants and insects in thirty-seven different colors, all painted entirely by hand. Lavishly illustrated, with reports from Florence, Milan and Como, "Gucci: The Art of Silk" tells a lush visual story about silk scarves, along with the people who made them and the people who wore them - and one that explains why these scarves have become some of the fashion world's most iconic accessories.

Specifications
Title: Gucci: The Art of Silk
Author: Jo-Ann Furniss
Publisher: Assouline
Size: 250 x 330 x 30 mm
Size: 332 pages
Weight: 4,082 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781649805362

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