Gucci is one of the best known italian brands founded in 1921. The company is owned by the French holding Pinault-Printemps-Redoute. With $4 billion in 2010, it's the biggest italian brand in the world.
The founder's son, Aldo is the one who created the famous company logo , known as a symbol of grandeur and originality. Gucci sustains child protection, clean water for children from Saharan Africa and campaigns against AIDS and it�s the largest company donor to UNICEF, its goal being that everyone must have access to basic schooling.
Gucci merchendise turned into an international icon by being owned by Hollywood movie stars and by being advertised in the greatest fashion magazines.
The company was named in 2008 the European Company of the Year for its vision and management quality. It has offices in Florence, London, Milan, New York. The Gucci Group has acquired Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron, Sergio Rossi and its partner in owership with Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga . The company is managed direcly by Freida Giannini, the Creative Director of the entire brand. The business cover several areas of expertise like clothing, watches, jewlery and there were discussions about developing a car custom made after Gucci standards, using Gucci's materials and logo. Unfortunately, this idea was never put into practice, altough there were some people looking forward to buying this kind of car and that were willing to pay a large amount of money in order to have it.
Its originality, elegance, creative ideas and hard working employees have made from Gucci a giant of fashion which succeeds in satisfying the tastes of people all around the world . The most beautiful and famous fashion models (
girl / male ) present week by week the Gucci creations.
