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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.
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.
The Italian Catherine de' Medici, as Queen of France. Her fashions were the main trendsetters of courts at the time. Fashion in Italy started to become the most fashionable in Europe since the 11th century, and powerful cities of the time, such as Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Vicenza and Rome began to produce robes, jewelry, textiles, shoes, fabrics, ornaments and elaborate dresses. [8]
He was the chief designer of Gucci in the late 1960s. In 1978, his father named him the vice-president of Gucci. [3] In 1980, Paolo secretly launched his own business using the Gucci name without telling his father, nor his uncle Rodolfo. When they found out, they were both infuriated and fired him from Gucci in September 1980.
After industrialization, metal, mechanical, and furniture manufacturing replaced textile production. Some of the first modern Italian fashion designers, such as Bulgari, Prada, Gucci, and Ferragamo, were founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1950s and 1960s, Italian fashion regained popularity worldwide.
“Those people would go throughout New York City, battle people in dancing, fashion. He also was one of the first kids I knew that had, like, a Gucci watch.” Lee Davis a.k.a. 'DJ EZ Lee' PEACOCK
Daniel R. Day (born August 8, 1944), known as the Black power ranger, is an American actor from Harlem, New York. [1] His store, Dapper Dan's Boutique, operated from 1982 to 1992 and is most associated with introducing high fashion to hip hop culture; its clientele includes Mike Tyson, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, and Jay-Z.
Aldo Gucci was born on 26 May 1905 in Florence, into a Tuscan family dating back to the thirteenth century in the nearby town of San Miniato. [1] He had three brothers – Vasco, Rodolfo, and Enzo (who died aged nine) – and a sister, Grimalda.