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You just assumed I’m white, “defended OP,” that I hate Cynthia, that she makes me uncomfortable, and that I support Trump and Elon.

All because I said you were making a lot of assumptions?

Do we know if there are going to be special Halloween stickers this year? :)

Yup and nope, I didn't even know it was removed until you said something. I wonder if I can somehow ask the mods?

Edit: just sent a mod mail asking for more info. I guess they could have deleted it because I mistook the 2025 creative director but I explained that in the comment and provided more context. I'm not sure why that would lead to a comment removal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I commented elsewhere on how you can learn about this stuff and why it's not really a simple endeavor.

Coincidentally a huge motif in Demna's Balenciaga!

Are you basing that analysis off of this video or off of Demna's runways? I haven't heard of people rejecting his designs as "modern authoritarian-oppression-chic." People seem to dislike his Gucci because it's either:

1. Too referential to previous Gucci CDs (like his first preview collection was a lot of Tom Ford re-releases)
2. Too expensive for what it is. People have said the party girl dresses look cheap (which is kinda the point) and that they don't want to pay Gucci prices to look like that. They're also trying to target young people (which is Demna's usual demo) by hiring internet celebs like Gabriette and Nettspend to model their clothes but their fans can't really afford Gucci.
3. Just not really giving what people want. This is kinda nebulous but some fashion people are just kinda "meh" about his designs at Gucci. I kinda get it.

No one's really laughing at the "European" part of that. On the flip side, Europe is still the undisputed king of chicness.

If you're talking about his original aesthetic (which he exhibited more at Balenciaga), his designs were more "the world is ending, have some clothes or whatever" than "authoritarian-chic." A good example is that his runways were always post-apocalyptic experiences. He flooded the runway of one (I think even up to the first row of seats, too) to acknowledge how large climate change is going to be and that people were all there to look at new clothing. Another runway was his snowstorm runway which was about climate change and Ukraine. That's where the infamous leather trash bag came from. Which is what the perfect example of how he infused irony, the end of the world, and fashion into one while also knowing how to make something go viral. It blew up online and people outside of fashion posted about how "Balenciaga was making a leather trash bag" for $XXXX (I don't remember the price) but it's actually a commentary on luxury fashion's place in a world gone to hell.

Highjacking your comment to add an actual explanation. Gucci in 1995 was creatively run by Tom Ford, an American designer who was very sex-forward. Tom Ford-era Gucci is highly coveted by fashion fans because of "sexy" and shameless it was. He hired models that fit a certain archetype that sold "the Gucci man" to men and women as a hunky, sexy, and sleazy guy. Gucci in 2026 is run by Georgian (the country) designer Demna Gvasalia (formerly at Balenciaga and Vetements). He's never been "sexy" and has always leaned more towards eastern European aesthetics while also infusing his clothing with pop culture and irony. He also loves an oversized silhouette (as seen in the above video). His aesthetic has been less "sexy hunk looking to fuck" and more "end of the world androgynous ironic glamour." He's currently trying to bring back Gucci's sexiness but in a "trashy Italian" way after a decade of Gucci being about maximalism and the jury's still out on if it's working.

But yeah, that's what you're seeing here. It's not some crazy commentary on society back then and where we are now. It's just two different designers running the same brand.

Edit: A commenter noted that the collection shown in the video was from Sabato de Sarno and not Gucci. They're probably right because Demna's first Gucci collection was September 2025 but his first runway wasn't until early 2026. So my comment is still true from an academic perspective comparing mid-90s Gucci with today's Gucci but doesn't apply to the video OOP posted.

I'll share what I know about de Sarno's Gucci. He was hired after Alessandro Michele was let go to change the direction of Gucci. Michele made Gucci what it was in the mid-to-late 2010's; maximalist, logomania, and highly coveted. He was let go (iirc) because he was getting too big and Kering wanted to knock him down a peg. (I could be wrong on that, but that's what I remember reading at the time). Gucci then hired Sabato de Sarno to take over. He was only at Gucci for a year and a half before they let him go due to lack of sales. He attempted to chase the "quiet luxury" trend that was big in 2023/2024 and turn Gucci into a more "iykyk" brand. His designs were panned as boring and they didn't really sell. He was fired and Kering moved Demna over from Balenciaga to try to breathe life back into Gucci.

I can't really opine on his overall design aesthetic because he's not really that well known. Sorry, I'm just trying to be honest with y'all and share what I know <3

"Why would they pick one of the only four new songs to review? I don't like it so they obviously should have picked another song to review. Y'know, one of the other three. This seems biased."

I swear some of y'all ....

The menu in the back is based on the menu of the now-closed No 7 Subs for what it's worth! Look here and you'll see "General Tso's Seitan" and "Zucchini Parm". All of their locations are now closed but there used to be one in the Plaza Hotel's food court and I just looked it up and apparently the Plaza Hotel was used in the movie. No idea if the characters are at an actual restaurant, though.

i think phcj turned off comment awards but just know that i was gonna give you one <3

She in alligator chat rooms showing stove :((