Tom Ford for Gucci, American, 1961-

Coat, 2000

Leather, metal

Gift of Neiman Marcus Last Call 2001.59

"Party girls go for glitz. The world's leading designers have declared ostentatious dressing chic for winter and London's party girls are putting up little resistance.  With an almost unanimous move away from pretty dresses and pashminas, they suddenly seem at ease in new hard-edged glamour."

-Vogue, British Edition, December 2000

Gold is the color of money, fame and celebrity; leather goods have always been the most successful of Gucci’s luxury products. Combining both symbolic and tangible values, this signature piece comes from the firm’s tremendously successful fall 2000 collection. The entire collection was executed in shades of gold to commemorate the first year of the new millennium. This piece, based on the trench coat styling of a late 1970s from Gucci’s archives, is designer Tom Ford’s version of ostentatious dressing chic suitable for the fall and winter parties of 2000.

The tangible and emotional values of fame, celebrity and money are combined in this signature piece from Gucci's fall 2000 collection. Based on a trench coat design from the late 1970s, designer Tom Ford's current styling fit the mood of ornate attire that was de rigueur at fall and winter parties to celebrate the year 2000.

    

This piece initiates a commitment by Neiman Marcus to donate an important complete ensemble to the Fashion Design collection each year. By ensuring that these signature pieces will be preserved, Neiman Marcus helps lay the foundation for an important collection of fashion design for the future.

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