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In 1921, he founded the House of Gucci in Florence [7] [8] as a small family-owned leather shop. [1] He began selling saddles, leather bags and other accessories to horsemen in the 1920s. [ 4 ] During the 1930s League of Nations sanctions on Italy, which led to leather shortages, he innovated by developing a specially-woven hemp fabric from Naples.
She is the daughter of Aldo Gucci, the patriarch of the Gucci fashion empire, and Bruna Palombo; the two met when Bruna was working at the Gucci flagship store in Rome. [2] He was still married to the mother of his three sons, and adultery was illegal in Italy, so they lived in England. [3] They married when Patricia was twenty-four years old.
Alexandra Gucci Zarini (born 1985) is the founder of the purpose-driven luxury fashion house AGCF, [1] [2] [3] a children's advocate and founder of the Alexandra Gucci Children's Foundation. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She is the daughter of Patricia Gucci , the granddaughter of Aldo Gucci , and great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci , and a member and heiress of ...
Wade, Gucci continues to show its support for women’s reproductive rights. The luxury brand issued a statement Sunday that said, “When Gucci founded the global Chime for Change campaign in ...
Patrizia Yvonne Gucci is an Italian painter, author, and fashion designer. She is the great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci, the founder of the fashion house Gucci, and the daughter of Paolo Gucci, [1] who was the chief designer for the family company. She herself worked in the public relations department of the family company for 12 years, until ...
Gucci hired Tom Ford as its new creative director and was infamously in the news following the killing of its former head, Maurizio Gucci. Around the same time, LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault was ...
Society frowned upon women involved in such businesses; because they detracted from the women's supposed gentle and frail nature. During the 18th and 19th centuries, more women came out from under the oppression of society's limits, and began to emerge into the public eye. Despite the disapproval of society, women such as Rebecca Lukens ...
“I want you to write down the name of every single person you’ve had unprotected sex with.” The nurse held out a pen. She was stern and no-nonsense. I didn’t even consider lying to her. I ...