At the premiere of Les Bonnes Étoiles, model Bella Hadid wore a curve-skimming white dress from the autumn/winter 1996 collection. The garment featured a hip cut-out that revealed a metal buckle from the archive of Lab2022, and made its debut on Carolyn Murphy at Gucci’s autumn/winter 1996 show. This is not surprising as it is not the first time that Hadid has worn archival Gucci pieces to Cannes – she has previously been seen in covetable vintage pieces.
With a history shrouded in mystery, this specific vintage dress has become an object of fascination for many collectors. Though it is rumored to have been designed by Vera Neumann, attempts to track down the original designer have proved fruitless. Prices for vintage iterations of this dress range from $15,000 to $20,000.
Now, the remaining pieces of Ford’s collection are likely to sell out and prices on pieces from his past collections will continue to climb as more celebrities wear them. Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner both wore Ford’s designs in 2018, which created a mad dash for the products. The fashion industry followed, too: A few months later, after the Kardashian-Jenner moment, vintage store James Veloria held a Tom Ford-era Gucci curated sale, further increasing interest in the pieces.
As for this time? Better set up alerts for Gucci by Tom Ford-era Tom Ford.