DETAILS − TRENDSThe 1980s called...... theywanttheirbagsbackRetro backpacks are blowing up. Better get used to it●
From left: Bag by Gucci,
£1,750. gucci.com.
Bag by Dunhill, £3,800.
dunhill.com
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Trousers by Gucci,
£800. gucci.comStory by Teo van den Broeke
Photograph by Rosaline Shahnavaz
Styling by Angelo MitakosAlessandro Michele, the visionary, somewhat messianic creative director
of Florentine super-brand Gucci, can always be relied upon to produce
the must-have item of the season. For SS19 we had the Georgian dress
loafer, for AW19 it was the textured tapestry shirt and now, for SS20,
it’s all about the Eighties-inspired leather backpack. Cut from stiff black
calfskin and finished with Gucci’s classic horsebit detailing, it’s as close
to a briefcase as a backpack is likely to get. Alfred Dunhill has produced a similar
messenger style for SS20 and the whole vibe is very “Princess Di on her way to the
Illustration by gym post-divorce”. Don’t pretend you don’t know what we mean...Joe McKendryModelsSalim Ibrahim at Wilhelmina; Lewis Jamison at The Squad and Ben O at SupaGroomingPaul Donovan at CLM using Bumble And Bumble and Vitruvian ManPhotography assistantHenry Hewitt04-20DetailsTrendsBags_3411483.indd 83 13/02/2020 11:29
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