A/16
Alessandro Michele
This landmark issue of A Magazine unfolds over 280 pages of exclusive content developed by Alessandro Michele, preserving the ‘carte blanche’ free-reign concept devised by Walter Van Beirendonck in 2001. An unprecedented cast of international contributors were invited to express their creative perspective on a theme dear to Michele’s heart; each were offered the words ‘blind for love’ as the starting point for over forty distinct narratives that unfold throughout.
Contributors in alphabetical order:
Annie Leibovitz,
Ari Marcopoulos, Arianne Phillips, Bruce Weber, Catherine Opie,
Chloë Sevigny, Christopher Simmonds, Cindy Sherman, Coco Capitán,
Dakota Johnson,
David Sims, Exactitudes,
Fatima Ronquillo, Federico De Vera, Florence Welch, Frances Wilks,
Gia Coppola,
Giovanni Attili,
Glen Luchford,
Grace Coddington, Hannelore Knuts,
Hari Nef,
Inez Van Lamsweerde
& Vinoodh Matadin, Jacqui Getty, Jared Leto,
Jerry Stafford,
Joe McKenna,
John Currin,
Justin Vivian Bond, Katerina Jebb, Madonna,
Mariangela Gualtieri, Maripol, Matthieu Salvaing, Max Pearmain,
Nan Goldin,
Nick Waplington, Nicolas Alan Cope, Paolo Di Paolo,
Paul Hanlon,
Petra Collins,
Philip Mould,
Ricky Saiz, Rowan Blanchard,
Ryan McGinley,
Steven Klein,
Tara St Hill,
Tavi Gevinson,
Terry Richardson, Unskilled Worker, Venetia Scott,
Yadim,
Zara Mirkin.
“I don’t know if what I see is completely true, I don’t even know if I ever saw it. Where I live, dream and suffer, everything is wonderful.”

“AZ ÉN CSALÁDOM”, photography by Petra Collins
Table of Contents
L’AVEUGLE PAR AMOUR

CARTE DE TENDRE

FORTUNY

GUCCI Show Notes (2015-16)

FOR POWER, FOR LOVE

HUMPTY DUMPTY

SISSINGHURST

A POUND OF FLESH

SONGS OF EXPERIENCE

ANGELS IN LOVE

WHICH ARE THE COLOURS OF ITALY?

ARISTOTLE and ISIDORE

MAN AND HIS SYMBOLS

FOUR SEASONS

RICHARD GINORI

CHLOË SEVIGNY

ANNIE OAKLEY’S HEART TARGET

DEVOTION

UNSEEN GUCCI

PAINTINGS

ON MOTHERHOOD

PIER PAOLO AND ANNA

HIGH TEA WITH OSCAR WILDE

ROME – SEVEN WEEKS

HANDSOME DEVIL

FANDOM

I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR

DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

WENTWORTH’S LETTER

HOLLYWOOD FOREVER SUPERSTAR

UNTITLED FILM STILLS

SIXTEEN AND HEARTBROKEN

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME

WILD IS THE WIND

AZ ÉN CSALÁDOM

A SONG

WATERCOLOURS

DARWIN’S SPECIMEN

SAMBURU WARRIORS

GUCCI DESIGN TEAM

BAMBINA MIA

CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO

BLIND TO HATE

BEHIND THE SCENES

ALESSANDRO & PUMPKIN
