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Guccio Gucci was born in Florence, Tuscany on 26 March 1881. [ 1] He was the son of Tuscan parents, Gabriello Gucci, a leather craftsman from San Miniato, and Elena Santini, from Lastra a Signa. [ 2][ 3] As a teenager, in 1899, Guccio Gucci worked at the Savoy Hotel in London. [ 4][ 5] Little is known about his early life circumstances and what ...
Despite their dressier history—with thanks to Cary Grant—Gucci loafers, in particular, became popular casual shoes among the younger generation. By the '70s, plenty of women had a pair ...
House of Gucci. House of Gucci is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden. The film follows Patrizia Reggiani ( Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci ( Adam Driver ), as their romance transforms into a ...
Slip-ons are typically low, lace-less shoes. [ 1] The style which is most commonly seen, known as a loafer, slippers, or penny loafers in American culture, has a moccasin construction. One of the first designs was introduced in London by Wildsmith Shoes, called the Wildsmith Loafer. [ 2] They began as casual shoes, but have increased in ...
Alexander McQueen. Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. [ 2] He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. [ 2] His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and ...
Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Ford wrote and directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016).
Dawn Mello (October 5, 1931 – February 16, 2020) was an American fashion retail executive and consultant and the one-time fashion director and president of Bergdorf Goodman. Subsequently she moved to Italy to manage Gucci. Later she was the president of her own firm, Dawn Mello & Associates LLC. [ 1][ 2]
Fendi was a family-controlled company until 1999, when Prada and LVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods group, joined to buy 51 percent of Fendi for $545 million; competitor Gucci lost out in the bidding process. [18] [19] Under the deal, Prada and LVMH were obligated to acquire any of the 49 percent of Fendi, should the sisters decide to sell ...