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Gucci Wikipedia Article
Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci. In 1938, Gucci expanded and a boutique was opened in Rome. Guccio was responsible for
designing many of the company's products. In 1947, Gucci introduced the bamboo handle handbag, which is still a company mainstay. During
the 1950s, Gucci also developed the trademark striped webbing, which was derived from the saddle girth, and the suede moccasin with a
metal horsebit.
His wife Aida Calvelli had a large family, though only the sons—Vasco, Aldo, Ugo, and Rodolfo—would play a role in leading the company.
After Guccio's death in 1953, Aldo helped lead the company to a position of International prominence, opening the company’s first boutique in
New York. Rodolfo initially tried to start an acting career as a matinee idol but soon returned to help direct the company. Even in Gucci’s
fledgling years, the family was notorious for its ferocious infighting. Disputes regarding inheritances, stock holdings, and day-to-day
operations of the stores often divided the family and led to alliances. Gucci expanded overseas, board meetings about the company’s future
often ended with tempers flaring and luggage and purses flying. Gucci targeted the Far East for further expansion in the late 1960s, opening
stores in Hong Kong and Tokyo. At that time, the company also developed its famous GG logo (Guccio Gucci's initials), the Flora silk scarf
(worn prominently by Hollywood actress Grace Kelly), and the Jackie O shoulder bag, made famous by Jackie Kennedy, the wife of U.S.
President John F. Kennedy.
Gucci remained one of the premier luxury goods establishments in the world until the late 1970s, when a series of disastrous business
decisions and family quarrels brought the company to the verge of bankruptcy. At the time, brothers Aldo and Rodolfo controlled equal 50%
shares of the company, though Rodolfo contributed less to the company than Aldo and his sons did. In 1979, Aldo developed the Gucci
Accessories Collection, or GAC, intended to bolster the sales for the Gucci Parfumes sector, which his sons controlled. GAC consisted of
small accessories, such as cosmetic bags, lighters, and pens, which were priced at considerably lower points than the other items in the
company’s accessories catalogue. Aldo relegated control of Parfums to his son Roberto in an effort to weaken Rodolfo’s control of the overall
operations of the company.
Though the Gucci Accessories Collection was well received, it proved to be the force that brought the Gucci dynasty crashing down. Within a
few years, the Perfumes division began outselling the Accessories division. The newly-founded wholesaling business had brought the once-
exclusive brand to over a thousand stores in the United States alone with the GAC line, deteriorating the brand’s standing with fashionable
customers. "In the 1960s and 1970s," writes Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, "Gucci had been at the pinnacle of chic, thanks to icons such
as Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Jacqueline Onassis. But by the 1980s, Gucci had lost its appeal, becoming a tacky airport brand."
Soon, cheap knockoffs of Gucci wares had appeared on the market, further tarnishing the Gucci name. Meanwhile, infighting was taking its toll
on the operations of the company back in Italy: Rodolfo and Aldo squabbled over the Parfums division, of which Rodolfo controlled a meager
20% stake. Meanwhile, when Paolo Gucci, Aldo's son, proposed a cheaper version of the brand called 'Gucci Plus' in 1983 he fell out with the
family. There was a boardroom fight which ended in fisticuffs, and Paolo was reportedly knocked senseless by a telephone answering
machine in the hand of one of his brothers. In return he reported his own father for tax evasion to the United States revenue, and Aldo was
convicted and imprisoned on the testimony of his own son. By now, the outrageous headlines of gossip magazines generated as much
publicity for Gucci as its designs.
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