Milan Fashion Week: Gucci dresses 68 identical twins in matching looks

As many as 68 pairs of identical twins in matching outfits recently walked the ramp for Gucci at the Milan Fashion Week. Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele paid homage to twins and their bond for the show called 'Gucci Twinsburg'. For the show's casting, Gucci sent a secret team to 'Twins Days', an annual twins' convention held in Twinsburg, Ohio.

At the Milan Fashion Week, Gucci featured 68 pairs of identical twins for its show 'Twinsburg'. This show was inspired by designer Alessandro Michele’s mother and her identical twin sister. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The presentation began with single models walking down the catwalk, before a wall was lifted to show their twin brothers or sisters on the other side. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The Italian fashion house dressed all the 68 pairs of identical twins in matching outfits. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The audience did not realise it at first since each model was seemingly just walking on their own, some in the 'gobbledygook fantasia of muchness'' for which the designer is known: tiger-striped boots under chinoiserie pencil skirts with tabard tops and sunglasses dangling, rhinestone fringe, gray suits with the pants turned into stockings complete with garter belts. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The pairs donned Lurex gowns with shark-bite cutouts, two tailored silk ensembles embroidered with cherry blossoms, two pinstripe suits with ladylike handbags. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

Michele dedicated the show to the women he calls his 'twin mums'. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

Twinning is 'so familiar – but so powerful', said the show’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, after the show. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

'The effect is alienating and ambiguous. Almost a rift in the idea of identity, and then, the revelation: the same clothes emanate different qualities on seemingly identical bodies,' Michele said. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

Biker jackets were paired with skirts bearing cutouts, shimmering silver jackets were cropped and had large shoulders, while prints on colourful dresses depicted spanners and bolts. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

Models also wore floor-length trench coats, floral kimono-inspired designs, and ruffled silk dresses, among an eclectic mix of looks. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

Accessories included long-beaded jewellery and sunglasses, leopard print tights and snakeskin boots. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The double extravaganza at the show flooded social media with netizens widely sharing the pictures from the show that saw identically-dressed twins. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

The show from Gucci was a nod to the Ohio town which holds a yearly festival for twins. Credit: Gucci/Facebook

A pair of twins walk the ramp in matching outfits during the show 'Twinsburg' by Gucci at the Milan Fashion Week. Credit: Gucci/Facebook