The fashion house layered with history and heritage continues to break new ground, this time in culinary couture with the launch of the Gucci Garden. Opening the doors earlier this year, the three-level masterpiece dreamed up by Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele, sees the sandstone structure accommodate the luxe Gucci Osteria, a Gucci store and the Gucci Garden Galleria exhibition rooms.
Just the thought of dining in Italy is enough to have you booking your flights yesterday, but if you’ve ever wanted to eat off a Gucci plate, well this will be the place. A space set for 50 guests inside the Palazzo della Mercanzia in Florence, will have you dining in style and substance by three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura.
Lined with grass-green walls, deep-teal velvet chairs and Gucci crockery, guests can enjoy the traditional delicacies that make Italian food so famous; divine pasta. I’m sure being helmed by Massimo Bottura, it wouldn’t be your average San Remo pasta, the mouth-watering menu serves up creamy mushroom risotto, golden parcels of tortellini through to a deluxe hot dog and burger. To finish the Tiramisu roll cake or Amarena cheesecake will have the sweet tooth covered for dessert. Pricing sits between 20 – 30 Euro for a main dish, 15 Euro for dessert. If you do choose the hot dog, that’s also 15 Euro.
For a walk through time, the Museo (or museum), is a curation of significant pieces from the archives of Gucci that define the ages of the fashion house. Gallery zones with historic artefacts, small screen playing in the cinema and documentation of past collections will have you #guccified.
There are four gallery spaces in total. “The first room of the Gucci Garden Galleria is ‘Guccification’, revealing the allure of the Double G by exploring House logo’s many transformations. From its use on vintage and contemporary pieces—including a 70s dress with GG motif combined with a dolphin print—to the recent Gucci Ghost collaboration with artist Trevor Andrew and the work of stylist Simon Foxton, who in the 80s infused the House Gs with a punk spirit.”
Paraphernalia room “focuses on noted Gucci codes and products including loafers, the Horsebit, the House Web stripe, signature prints, and bamboo.”
“On the second floor of the Gucci Garden Galleria, two rooms that resemble museums of natural history, explore Alessandro Michele’s penchant for the iconography of animals and gardens. The displays of clothing, accessories and objects show how his interest is fuelled by the fact that these motifs have been part of the Gucci narrative since its inception, always informing the design pendulum at the House, expressed in a manner that swings between the natural and the hyper-artificial.”
Moving through the spaces, your trip would not be complete without a pop into the on-site boutique where you’ll find one-off pieces, home decor items and lust haves from the current collection.
To find out more head here.
Stay dapper.
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