Dripping in glamour and treachery and based on a true-life story, the House Of Gucci has got both film and fashion fans buzzing.
From a virginal bridal gown to sizzling skiwear, the film has its leading lady — Lady Gaga as jealous Patrizia Reggiani, who hired a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci — tripping a veritable catwalk of style across the big screen.
Ahead of today's release, Oscar-winning British costume designer Janty Yates, exclusively reveals the secrets that turned Lady Gaga into 'the Black Widow' ...
1: SHORT CUT TO STYLE
First impressions count, and the dress worn by Patrizia when she met Maurizio Gucci at a party is a belter, based on a pink dress the real-life Patrizia wore.
It was made using duchess satin and took six weeks to fit at the hands of Janty's costume cutter, Dominic Young.
Originally the gown was much longer — rising by 18 in at Ridley Scott's request.
Janty says: 'We kept five camera crews waiting that day, luckily LG [as she calls Lady Gaga] had her man with her from New York, who was the most wonderful hand sewer and had the steadiest hands of us all.
The dress worn by Lady Gaga's Patrizia (right) when she met Maurizio Gucci at a party is a belter, based on a pink dress the real-life Patrizia wore (left)
'So we stood her on an apple box and took a pair of very sharp scissors to it!'.
Patrizia Reggiani was the queen of bling, never opting for one piece of jewellery if half a dozen would do.
For much of the film, Janty made use of 20 trays of costume jewellery, but for big occasions, security guards from upmarket jewellers Bulgari or Boucheron would arrive on set with the real deal: on this occasion, diamonds and rubies from Bulgari.
2: LOGOS A GOGO
Janty and her team had access to the entire treasure trove of the Gucci archive for the film.
It was Gaga's idea to wear head-to-toe logo-bedecked Gucci for an encounter in which Patrizia discovers her maid has a fake Gucci handbag, which triggers a scene in which she goes down to New York's 42nd Street and berates the seller.
Lady Gaga in head-to-toe logo-bedecked Gucci in a scene in which she berates a fake bag seller
'LG felt, and I agreed, that she should be in full-on Gucci,' says Janty.
The second scene in which the star wore Gucci has her in a logo-print blouse and leather mini-skirt, on the day she is served with divorce papers while at her daughter's sports day.
3: ALTAR IMAGE
Eight to ten weeks in the making, the wedding dress with cathedral veil was Janty's favourite design, a 'labour of love', the lace all painstakingly hand-sewn.
With its sweetheart neckline, high-low hem and lace sleeves, it's not a copy of Patrizia's floor-length, high-necked gown — although Janty had a replica made.
Eight to ten weeks in the making, the wedding dress with cathedral veil was Janty's favourite design, a 'labour of love', the lace all painstakingly hand-sewn (pictured)
'We didn't decide until the day,' says Janty. 'Her hair and make-up team, her manager, me and my dressers — we all just went: 'It's definitely got to be this one.'
4: DRESSED TO KILL
In this scene Patrizia is dressed to kill
