The good news is, Tom Ford's legacy lives on at Gucci. The bad news is, a super-pert derriere is de rigueur if you're to get away with next year's scorching swimwear looks.
Alessandra Facchinetti, who took over from the American maestro as head designer earlier this year, worked under him for four years – and it shows. Her debut creations offer an eerie echo of Ford’s trademark looks, with body-clinging lines and sexy cutaway effects dominating the beach section.
Poolside design was dominated by dramatically-cut sequinned one-pieces sliced to maximise the sun-kissed look. And bikinis in apricot and burnished fuchsia traced the merest shadow across golden skin.
Citing Jerry Hall and Seventies psychedelia as her inspirations, 32-year-old Alessandra says she always felt in sync with Tom's design choices, although she adds: "Obviously, I am a different person and will impart my own vision of style for the Gucci woman."
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