TOUR DE FORCE
Not so very long ago Gucci was known primarily for its covetable fashion, leather goods, iconic accoutrements and a namesake movie starring Lady Gaga. But in 2019, Creative Director Alessandro Michele took the daring, and some might say long overdue, plunge into high jewellery, launching the mythically themed Hortus Deliciarum collection (so named after a medieval manuscript) alongside a dedicated high jewellery boutique in Paris’ Place Vendôme.
Latin for “garden of delights”, the original Hortus Deliciarum was a lavishly illustrated encyclopaedia of poems, music, illustrations and classical texts. In Michele’s
