Kering

From the research on the Gucci brand record · Luxury fashion house

Gucci (Guccio Gucci S.p.A.) is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Florence. Guccio Gucci founded it in 1921, and it became a subsidiary of Kering in 1999.

Under Aldo Gucci, the founder’s son, Gucci expanded internationally. Following family disputes in the 1980s, the Gucci family had left the company’s capital entirely by 1993. Kering lists the Bamboo bag of 1947, the opening of the first New York store in 1953 and the appointment of Tom Ford as the house’s first creative director in 1994 among its milestones. [1] [2]

• 1921 Guccio Gucci bought a shop on Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, where he sold imported leather luggage. [1]
• 1953 Gucci opened its first store in New York, the start of its international expansion. [2]
• 1994 Tom Ford was named creative director of Gucci. [1] [2]
• 1999 Gucci became a subsidiary of Kering (then named PPR). [1]
• 2015-01 Alessandro Michele was appointed creative director; his collections revived Gucci classics, including the double-G logo and the Jackie bag. [1]