Luxurious Luggage

In October 2016, Gucci launched their first instalment of the initiative collection by creative director Alessandro Michele, which involved a range of international online illustrators and image-makers that created artwork showing the GG Blooms and Caleido prints.

Gucci’s creative digital project then launched the second chapter which consists of designs created by a collaboration of artists that were invited to rejig iconic Gucci patterns, consequently stripping the design back to the source and building it back up again with the end result being nothing less than an outstanding, beautiful piece of art.

The finished product is the brand’s new Tian pattern which features hummingbirds and butterflies intricately sketched on fine calligraphic lines that float above a landscape of tree branches and flower blooms, set against the GG supreme. The Tian print overlays a contemporary print inspired by 18th-century Chinese tapestries atop the brand’s signature GG Surpreme canvas.

As seen above on a four-wheel suitcase, this unique collaboration converts luggage into more of a work of art than a travel accessory, the bag also features two nylon-lined interior compartments, a padded front zipped pocket and retractable telescoping and leather top handles.

The Tian GG Supreme Suitcase in a hand-luggage size is extremely practical, whilst also providing luxurious style with its bright floral pattern and refined maple-brown leather trim.

In keeping with the pattern’s references, all the contributors to #GucciGram Tian are from Asia. These include, for example, Cao Fei, who shot a pair of slippers embellished with the Tian pattern in a run-down urban setting; Jaesuk Kim used the Tian pattern as the starting point to create an illustration featuring the image of a woman dressed in Gucci with two of the brand’s most iconic bags.

Prices

$1,850 (£1,323) - Gucci Tian GG medium Boston bag

$2,100 (£1,502) - Padlock medium Gucci Tian shoulder bag

$3,490 (£2,495) - Gucci Tian GG Supreme carry-on

$1,590 (£1,137) - Gucci Tian GG Supreme backpack

$420 (£300) - GG Blooms Supreme espadrille