Author: Angelo Flaccavento

MILAN — Fashion’s reset started today in Milan, but the notion that a new creative director must wipe the slate clean doesn’t necessarily make for the most effective strategy.Case in point: Demna’s debut at Gucci — first dropped on Monday as a lookbook of Catherine Opie-lensed Italian archetypes — referenced predecessor Alessandro Michele’s work for the house, particularly his penchant for building characters and then dressing them up, as well as the legacy of Tom Ford, scantily clad and chillingly cool, not to mention Demna’s own work at Balenciaga, give or take a GG.The effect was something like a collection…