Lady of the HOME

What with the skintight thigh-high boots and crystal-spangled mesh minidresses that spring from her sketchpad, you wouldn’t necessarily think of Gucci creative director Frida Giannini as the tree-hugging type. Well, think again, fashion bunnies. In honor of the release of HOME, the eco-documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and funded by Gucci parent company PPR, Giannini has created this limited-edition T-shirt, made from organic cotton and printed with natural dyes. The model in the pic? None other than HOME girl Giannini herself. You can pick up the $195 shirt at Gucci boutiques starting Monday.

—Nancy MacDonell

The Reel Thing

We knew Gucci was genius at restoring the luster of style hits from years past—fur chubbies, disco dresses, the Jackie bag—but the luxury house doesn’t stop its good work there. Last night at the San Francisco Film Festival, Gucci and The Film Foundation, in partnership with the San Francisco Film Society, presented two freshly restored classics of the screen, John Cassavetes' ever-cheerful A Woman Under the Influence and Michelangelo Antonioni’s fashion-centric Le Amiche (if you haven't seen it, it's like a grittier 1950s version of Sex and the City, complete with a suicide plot line). Next in line to get spiffed up courtesy of Gucci: Barbara Loden's Wanda and Luchino Visconti's Senso. “It's important to restore the works of John Cassavetes and other filmmakers who had such a major impact on cinema,” said Foundation founder and chair Martin Scorcese. “A Woman Under the Influence still feels as powerful and vital as when it was made.” Kind of like the Jackie bag, non?

—Nancy MacDonell


Le Amiche