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Gucci plans to stage its next runway show in Los Angeles, the first time the Florentine marque has staged a show in the United States in six years. To celebrate the brands centennial year, creative director Alessandro Michele has decided to stage Guccis next catwalk event in LA on Wednesday, Nov. 3, the brand confirmed Monday. The show is timed to... coincide with the 10th LACMA Art+Film Gala, scheduled for Nov. 6, where Gucci is the founding and presenting sponsor. Back in 2015, Michele took his debut cruise collection for Gucci to New York, unveiling it inside New Yorks Dia-Art Foundation. Moving to the West Coast underlines how important Los Angeles is to both Michele and Gucci. Los Angeles (is) a city that continues to provide him a constant source of inspiration and which has played a significant role in Guccis hundred-year history, Gucci said in its release. Last month, Michele feted the brands 100 years with a stellar show video named Aria, which contained multiple in-jokes and visual puns to the houses founder, Gucci Gucci, along with a novel linkup with Balenciaga, a fellow brand in Kering, the giant French luxury group. Gucci had previously made plans to stage last years cruise collection in San Francisco in May 2020, before the pandemic forced it to call off that event. Michele has a well-honed tradition of staging Gucci catwalk shows inside storied locations and noted art centers. The Roman-born designer has taken Gucci inside the cloisters of Westminster Abbey for a Queen Elizabeth I rock-star show; and to the Palatine Gallery in Florence; Capitoline Museums of Rome and Promenade Des Alyscamps in Arles. However, in April 2020, Michele announced via Instagram that he wanted to skip the official calendar of shows in Milan for the foreseeable future. I will abandon the worn-out ritual of seasonalities and shows to regain a new cadence, closer to my expressive call. We will meet just twice a year, to share the chapters of a new story. Irregular, joyful and absolutely free chapters, which will be written ...Read More