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Maurizio Gucci was born on 26 September 1948 in Florence as the only child of actors Rodolfo Gucci and Sandra Ravel. [3] In 1972, Gucci moved to New York City to work for the Gucci company with his uncle Aldo Gucci. [4] In the early 1980s, he lived in a luxury penthouse in the Olympic Tower, gifted to him by his father.
What to know about the Gucci family. The Gucci fashion house began as a luxury luggage brand founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci.
In 1982, leadership of the company passed on to Rodolfo Gucci and the following year to his son Maurizio, who was the first to dream of the relaunch the family brand, which had lost its...
The Gucci family claims its origins are rooted in the merchant city of Florence since around 1410. Guccio Giovanbattista Giacinto Dario Maria Gucci (1881–1953) left Florence for Paris, and settled in London in 1897 to work at the high-end Savoy Hotel.
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.
Gucci marked its centenary in 2021, passing through family feuds, take-over attempts, a near-bankruptcy, a public listing, storybook turnarounds and even a murder — which has sparked the Ridley...
Since its founding in 1921, Gucci has transformed from a single shop opened on a side street in Florence to its position today as a world-renowned symbol of Italian craft, visionary creativity, and innovative design.
The Gucci empire was founded in 1921 by Italian businessman Guccio Gucci in Florence, Tuscany. Guccio was married to Aida Calvelli in 1901, with whom he had a total of six children: five sons (one of which was named Enzo, who died at the age of 9 in 1913) and a daughter.
Like many of its Italian counterparts, Gucci began life as a quietly luxurious equestrian and leather goods brand - but has grown to become one of the most exciting and experimental houses on the modern fashion scene.
The history of the Gucci fashion company and the family behind it for so many decades is a long one, full of betrayal and scandal. At least, that is how the new Ridley Scott biopic "House of...