House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

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He was captivated by her resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor and the couple went on to marry in 1972, to the chagrin of Maurizio’s father Rodolfo. As others have noted, this book is far more about the Gucci business since its founding in the early 20th century than it is about the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci.

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Nevertheless, he offers an intriguing view of one of the families that helped to create 20th-century style and business. Gaga also stated that she has no interest in "colluding" with Reggiani, but her heart goes "out to her daughters.

Born in 1881 in Florence, Guccio first got a taste of the luxury market when he ventured to England and worked at the Savoy Hotel in London. During the early years of their marriage, Maurizio and Patrizia were active in the New York social scene, often socializing with the likes of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and known for their ostentatious, extravagant lifestyle—the pair were notorious for being chauffeured around Manhattan in a car with a personalized vanity plate with their amalgamated couple’s name, “Mauizia,” and had a yacht and vacation homes Saint Moritz, Acapulco and Connecticut. However, in March, Reggiani gave an interview to the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA) where she stated she was "annoyed" that Gaga had not contacted her to meet her and claimed that "it is not an economic question. But Patrizia and Maurizio get married, an event with which Ridley Scott and editor Claire Simpson create a showstopping transition: Driver and Gaga have full-on sex in her dad’s office which at the moment of Patrizia’s orgasm cuts to her beatific appearance in church in her bridal gown. Marketing tactics included radio, social, and ticketing partnerships, television spots, and promotions on TikTok, Twitter, and Snapchat.

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Autorka bawi się w paradokument i barwnie maluje świat Guccich, wkładając w usta bohaterów zdania i przypisując im uczucia, które są jej wersją zdarzeń. She explained: "I felt the best way to honor Maurizio and Italians was for my performance to be authentic, from the perspective of a woman. The assassination, which took place in 1995, gripped the world, and Reggiani, Gucci’s wife, became known as “the black widow”.

But if you're interested, as I was, in how a family business turns into a global brand; how Italy challenges Paris' hold on the designer/luxury fashion sector; and a story which traces, amongst other strands, the career of Tom Ford, this is excellent.