Tom Ford for Gucci — Prototype Silver Zardozi Inspired Embroidered Duster Coat (2001) (Price Upon Request)
Tom Ford for Gucci — Prototype Silver Zardozi Inspired Embroidered Duster Coat (2001) (Price Upon Request)
Created as a prototype in 2001, this singular Tom Ford for Gucci duster coat blurs the line between garment and design sculpture — a distillation of Ford’s fascination with sensuality, power, and excess.
Cut in lustrous silver silk, its surface becomes a canvas for hand-worked Zardozi inspired embroidery in silver and gold metallic threads. The creeping botanical motif rises in sculptural relief, catching the light like molten metal — a visual metaphor for temptation and transformation that runs through Ford’s most iconic work.
Inside, the coat is lined in sumptuous shearling, a tactile counterpoint to the mirrored discipline of the silk exterior. This interplay of softness and strength, indulgence and restraint, reflects Ford’s enduring language of contrast — where precision tailoring meets primal desire.
Never released for production, this prototype represents a glimpse into Ford’s creative thinking at Gucci: a study in seduction, craftsmanship, and fearless glamour.