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webbing straps. This is where iewers see the look alike celebrities, ndy arholianca agger race onesreddie ercury and ia innelli all carousing together on it. At its core, House of Gucci is about fashion. There were three different fashion shows to create, each with its own distinctive look and style. It was our initial idea to do two of the fashionshowsplus the Studio set within the same area, which consisted of a huge black drapery cyclorama and staged on a continuous semi gloss black dance oor. There was an eually huge oerhead lighting truss rigged with remotecontrolled chain motors so the entire rig could be raised and lowered to adust and reamp the lighting instruments for each show. Superising rt irector ristina nori, together with Senior rt irector Seerio Sammali, decided to build a model of a multipurpose set for all three events that could be quickly revamped into distinctiely different looking sets. ifferent styles of incamera lighting were created using a variety of types of equipment all of which were hung from the trusses, including computer controlled arilites, and serocontrolled motoried follow spots. or Studio , we added highpowered strobe lights, ten custombuilt ertical multicolored light columns and a rotating mirrored ball. eible light tube strip was used to simulate the iconic Studio sign over the DJ's platform. The 1973 fashion show emphasized the entrance of the models by having a very tall staircase at the opening of the runway which was made etra wide to have enough space for three models simultaneously passing each other in opposite directions at the same time and with a circular shaped end platform to enable a wide sweeping turnaround to the choreography. This counter directional movement worked very well with the disco era music and made the presentation very dynamic. The idea for the runway color scheme was to have a bold graphic black stripe all the way down the A. STUDIO 54—DANCE FLOOR. CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION. B. CREW INSPECTING THE STUDIO 54 LIGHTING TRUSS IN FIERA DI ROMA. C. STUDIO 54 BAR AND DJ PLATFORM CONCEPT MODEL. D. VIP AREA BANQUETTES. E. 1973 FASHION SHOW. CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION BY FAUSTO DE ROSSI. F. 1973 FASHION SHOW. COLOR PALETTE. G. 1973 FASHION SHOW. SCALE MODEL. E F G