Gucci

An Italian fashion house headquartered in Florence. It was founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence in 1921, and under the direction of his son Aldo it became a global brand. The house makes ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, handbags, home decoration and eyewear. In 1947 it introduced the Bamboo bag, with handles of lightweight bamboo, as a response to post-war material scarcity. Since 1999 it has been part of the Kering group. Since the January 2017 collection Gucci eyewear has been developed, manufactured and distributed by Kering Eyewear; before that it was made under licence by Safilo.