Tom Ford for Gucci white stretch-jersey cutout bodysuit from the celebrated Fall/Winter 1996 collection, the season widely regarded as Tom Ford’s breakthrough at Gucci. Cut from fluid ivory stretch jersey, this one-piece bodysuit combines a deep plunge halter neckline, a fully exposed back, and the collection’s signature circular cutout at the hip. The halter fastens with Gucci’s gold-tone interlocking-G hardware, the detail that both dates and authenticates the piece.
Fall 1996 was the collection in which Tom Ford fused Halston’s liquid minimalism with Elsa Peretti’s sculptural gold hardware, producing some of the most recognizable pieces of his entire tenure at Gucci. The long white jersey gown built on this same language — an open hip framed by gold hardware — walked the runway on Carolyn Murphy and became the season’s waitlisted “It” dress. Decades later, Bella Hadid resurrected that same Fall 1996 gown...
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Italian 1990s Swimwear