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BON Voyage

utside the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai, the peerless sky pops handsomely against the iconic red and green façcade of GucciCosmos. The former aircraft factory has been transformed to hold 102 years of Gucci's history. There's excited chatter as I prepare to enter the exhibition, which kicked off in Shanghai until the end of June before it travels the world. Conceived and designed by renowned British contemporary artist Es Devlin and curated by Italian fashion theorist and critic Maria Luisa Frisa, Gucci Cosmos is a spirited voyage encapsulating the brand's past, present and future. There are eight ‘worlds’ that bring together a treasure trove of items and artefacts-many previously unseen-from

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