Right now, all eyes are on Gucci, and the pending debut of Demna as new creative director in just over a week’s time. Backstage at his final Balenciaga show in July, he was already thinking ahead, effusing about the multitude of multifaceted aesthetic codes that are part and parcel of Gucci’s DNA – which he couldn’t wait to get his hands on. So, glancing back while waiting for the future, it seems an apt time to celebrate a singular brand codehellip;

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