The House of Gucci was founded by Guccio Gucci as a saddlery shop in 1906. The first Gucci shop was opened in 1920 using a capital of only 30,000 lira and was the start of a huge and successful business empire. Gucci is now the biggest selling Italian brand in the world.
In the 1990 s, Tom Ford, Gucci s newest executive head, brought Gucci back to the centre of chic, and now commands a varied line of products including leather fashions, perfumes, colognes, cosmetics and shoes.
Gucci s fragrance line continues to be hugely successful with lines such as Gucci Envy; Gucci II and Gucci Rush selling to consumers worldwide.
