An illuminating exploration of fashion philosophy told by the brilliant Alessandro Michele, Creative Director of Gucci, and Emanuele Coccia, one of the most distinguished contemporary philosophers.
Drawing on Alessandro Micheles personal story and on the impact that he has had on contemporary norms with his work, Michele and Emanuele Coccia will show how traditionally distinct forms of creativity and intellectual pursuit fashion and philosophy are inextricably intertwined.
If fashion can distill centuries of art and philosophy into a daily experience accessible to every human being, philosophy cannot help but a become a form of fashion.
Emanuele Coccia is Professor of Philosophy in Paris. Among his books are The life of plants: metaphysics of mixing (2018), Metamorphosis (2021), Philosophy of the house (2021). With Giorgio Agamben he published Angeli: Ebraismo Cristianesimo Islam, an anthology on angels in Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures, while in 2019 he worked as a scientific consultant in the context of the exhibition "Trees" at the Cartier Foundation in Paris. He currently lectures on fashion at Harvard University.
Alessandro Michele was born in Rome. He completed his studies at the Accademia di Costume e di Moda and, the end of the 90s he joined the luxury house Fendi, where under the guidance of Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi he contributed to the great success of the brand in the field of leather goods. In 2002 Tom Ford chose him to design Gucci bags and in 2014, he also became Creative Director of Richard Ginori. On January 21, 2015 he was appointed as Creative Director of Gucci.
