{"product_id":"gucci","title":"Fall 2018 Gucci Flashtrek Sega sneakers","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom the Closet of: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shopthesil.com\/collections\/ivy-getty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eIvy Getty\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eLabel: Gucci\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eEra: Fall 2018\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eSize: 39\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eAbout the Item:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"402\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFrom Gucci’s exuberant universe under Alessandro Michele, these Flashtrek Sega sneakers (which walked the Fall 2018 runway) embody the era’s love of excess: part trail shoe, part jewel box, part fantasy object. With their exaggerated chunky sole, metallic panels, and crystal-studded straps, they channel what one critic called Michele’s “Frankenstein footwear”—an intentional collision of luxury and eccentricity. Gifted to Ivy Getty by her godmother for Christmas, they appealed to her precisely for that spirit. “I think that era of Alessandro for Gucci is special in its own way,” she says, adding that “having any piece from that era is special.” Ivy wore them often, drawn as much to their humor as their opulence, including for a now-legendary Getty Images appearance in a Union Jack–painted Aston Martin that only deepened their myth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eAbout the Label:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"608\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUnder Alessandro Michele, Gucci became fashion’s great maximalist revivalist, collapsing references—Renaissance ornament, arcade graphics, hiking gear, old Hollywood glamour—into something gloriously overgrown. Introduced during that period, the Flashtrek line distilled Michele’s gift for making the eccentric feel collectible, even covetable. With their hybrid of technical trail shoe and jeweled objet, these sneakers belong to a moment when Gucci was gleefully challenging ideas of taste, luxury, and beauty itself. It was, as Ivy notes, “special in its own way”—a period whose exuberance has already taken on the aura of a distinct fashion epoch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItem is in good. vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The SIL 2","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46126514471065,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/3055\/4265\/files\/115.jpg?v=1777388086","url":"https:\/\/shopthesil.com\/products\/gucci","provider":"The SIL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}