--- description: Alessandro Michele is on the TIME 100 2017 list. Jared Leto wrote about the fashion designer. title: Alessandro Michele by Jared Leto: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099cbb8faca78e2b/6988c338fb4eac0ede8918eb/time-100-2017-alessandro-michele.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 19, 2017 # Alessandro Michele by Jared Leto  Photograph by Pari Dukovic—Trunk Archive/Courtesy The New Yorker On a quiet night in January 2015, just outside of Milan, there was a creative explosion. A bright light burned its way across the Italian sky, fusing together the past, the present and the future, and releasing upon the earth a new and exciting voice that would change fashion forever. On this magical evening, an unassuming young artist made a statement so strong that it set the sartorial world afire and ushered in a new renaissance for the infamous House of Gucci. Yves, Karl, Gianni, Giorgio, Christian, Coco. It’s rare that a new name can be added to such an illustrious list. But Lallo, as he is known to his closest friends, has more than earned his place. I have witnessed firsthand the amount of thought, care and passion he puts into everything he creates. It’s inspiring to behold. People don’t just like Gucci. They desire it. And I think it’s because they have some sense that Alessandro Michele pours his heart into every single thing he does, and shares with us that ever-so-elusive and powerful ingredient—love. _Leto is an Oscar-winning actor and a musician_ Alessandro Michele by Jared Leto: TIME 100 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/"},"headline":"Alessandro Michele","datePublished":"2017-04-19T17:32:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:25.638Z","description":"Alessandro Michele is on the TIME 100 2017 list. Jared Leto wrote about the fashion designer.","url":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/","keywords":["TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099cbb8faca78e2b/6988c338fb4eac0ede8918eb/time-100-2017-alessandro-michele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt099cbb8faca78e2b/6988c338fb4eac0ede8918eb/time-100-2017-alessandro-michele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/","name":"Alessandro Michele"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See All the TIME 100 Honorees in One Minute","description":"The TIME 100 honorees include actors, musicians, politicians, business leaders, activists and scientists, and together make a portrait of influence in 2017.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zZCdrcRA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-20T10:30:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zZCdrcRA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```