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bostoncommon-magazine.com 39 photography courtesy of gucci let there be gucci! new creative director AlessAndro Michele spreads his fashion gospel at gucci while remaining true to the brand's opulent heritage. by rachel felder Although Alessandro Michele has been creative director of Gucci only since January, he is anything but a newcomer to the iconic luxury label. Working as part of the brand's design team since 2002, Michele, 42, has an inherent understanding of Gucci's delicate, covetable balance of heritage detailing, modern tailoring, rich materials, and a healthy dose of self-assured sex appeal. For his first collection, Michele created pieces with a vintage feel—f lowy '70s-inspired f lower- patterned dresses, silk blouses tied at the neck with an unstructured, slender bow—but with a sensibility that's undeniably modern. Also Guiding light: Alessandro Michele bestows models with finishing touches backstage before the runway debut of his Fall/Winter 2015–16 collection in Milan. continued on page 40 Style tastemaker