Gucci x Dapper Dan Collection Is Finally Here

Diana Bell-Heather   |   19-07-2018

Gucci launches its Gucci-Dapper Dan collection online and at select flagship stores around the world.

 

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Taking inspiration from archive imagery from the 80’s showing Dapper Dan’s custom pieces, photographer Ari Marcopoulos shot in and around the streets of Harlem, New York, to get a similar street feel to the original photographs.

 

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Featuring young personalities from the neighbourhood together with models wearing the ready-to-wear and accessories of the range, the images pay homage to the celebrated designer’s heritage.

 

Expect Guccified version of the original Dapper Dan designs including variety of luxurious tracksuits and jackets. He was known for using all-over logos in his original designs, so screen-printed leather featuring the GG logo is key here.

 

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Appliqué is also implemented on the chests and backs of pieces, with Gucci designs (like the embroidered dragon) embellishing Dap’s original decorations. Gold printed python is employed as a trim, to reference Dap’s original use of gold leather, and ciniglia jersey replicates the look and feel of his tracksuits of the Eighties.

 

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Denim has late-Eighties/early-Nineties washes and fits, and canvas jackets use the GG jacquard, while a light nappa leather is coloured gold. A GG jacquard knit takes its inspiration from a Dapper Dan custom car interior, while the script on the window of his original Harlem store was the starting point for the development of a new yellow Gucci logo.

 

There’s a huge variety of accessories with are eye landing on the large sunglasses with Swarovski crystal embellishments, including a Dapper Dan logo in stones on the arms.

 

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