The Best of Tom Ford’s Gucci Is Going to Auction (Mine)
ONE NIGHT ONLY! The most down and dirty fashion/runway event of the year (so far) is happening Sunday 1/19...from...me?! Plus, an ode to the sexiest Gucci pants from spring 1996....
My Sale of the Century: This Sunday, 1/19 at 7PM EST (THIS LINK!)
You know I love an event…you know I love to see people SHOP and LIVE. Not just EXIST and BUY. I’m now holding an unhinged in-person sale/show in an intimate, undisclosed location…! At this Neverworns Live! Shopping event, you’ll be able to shop the sale virtually on Whatnot on Sunday, January 19th from 7:00 pm - 7:20pm EST. I don’t want to list any spoilers…but it’s quite interactive…and this is my first time selling actual favorites from my closet. If you’re coming in-person, lucky you: get ready for a big fashion buffet…and an actual food one. Usually, I host sales and cleanse closets for other people, but I feel like it’s time for me.
Some notes: Whatnot is an auction site where you can bid and chat. IMPORTANT !!! Here is the link to sign up and watch!!! It’s an…auction. The format is pretty…easy. I’m excited. I’m thrilled. And don’t worry, you can still call my hotline and ask questions. I’ll stream on Subsatck, too, but the bidding has to happen on Whatnot.
For everyone here: If you use this code, you can get $15 off.
ALSO IMPORTANT! A portion of the proceeds will go to Los Angeles!! It’s been incredible to see people come together.
Here is a taste of what I’m parting with…
The Gucci Pants From Spring 1996.
My most prized clothing possession….two pairs of Gucci spring 1996 pants. One is striped in fuchsia and pink, and the colors bleed into each other like a psychedelic painting is sobbing. The other is a lime green geometric print. I never wore these pants—they don’t fit—but I kept them for archival reasons. This is the ultimate betrayal of my closet philosophy: If you’re not wearing it, why keep it? Whatever. I kept these because they are an essential part of fashion history. Plus, ultimately, even if I don’t wear them, I feel something simply by looking at them. There’s an unhinged sexiness in the frantically melting colors that were dubbed “Day-Glo” hues by The New York Times. There’s a sensual brashness in just how below the hip the pants dip. Call them a low-slung felony.
When was the last time we sunk into a piece of clothing? When there was a fantastic, nasty story attached to a collection? A time when we desired to become the glorious, delicious talking point? Designers and houses used to have imaginations, and it wasn’t chalked up to pushing a product. Today, we are force-fed something physical regarding advertising, not emotional. This comes at a time when I want to melt into a world, not a bag that an influencer posts about. Others feel the same. We want an oomph of emotion with our clothes…we don’t want spiritually vacant objects.
The writers who wrote about Ford at Gucci were incredible. Amy Spindler knocks me out with this sentence from a 1996 Times piece: “If you’ve never seen a woman just after she has had sex in a bathroom stall at a steamy nightclub until her face is slick and her makeup running and sweat is pouring off her back, Mr. Ford showed a pretty good approximation of what she might look like.” How specific?! The writers of that era had a way with words, but I also believe Ford served them as a luscious cornucopia of material. Ford had hyper-specific references when he was designing. Those Studio 54 days partying with Andy Warhol. Bewitched (“‘It’s not vampires, but I also love ‘Bewitched.’ I love Samantha.’” He pauses. ‘But Serena is more Gucci.’” Oh, Tom!) There was storytelling. There was a universe drenched in sweaty glamour that Ford concocted. He truly makes me believe that if I owned his pants…I could have a sliver of that world.
As I mentioned, I’m auctioning these pants off on Sunday, January 19th, at my warped, freaky event… How fun? Like I said, if you’re not here—there’s only so much space—you can virtually join in on the sale from 7:00pm - 7:20pm EST, which I will livestream. I want these pieces to live on, be worn, be loved, and experience the world.
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