Happy Birthday Gucci!
Posted: 10/2/06
Last week Gucci celebrated its 85the birthday with the launch of their new book: Gucci by Gucci. It explores the rich history of the luxurious Italian brand. Guccio Gucci started the house as a saddle making business, in 1920 he added leather goods to his products and in 1938 Gucci opened his first retail store shop in Rome. In the 50’s and 60’s the house enjoyed worldwide succes, but the succes story ended in the 80’s due to family conflicts and bad manegment dissicions. In the early 90’s Tom Ford became the new style director and brought Gucci back to the top, he restored the house’s reputation with his strong silhouettes, glamour, sexuality, …
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