5 Most Expensive Fashion Brands In The World

2. Gucci

Gucci is an Italian fashion brand, part of the Gucci Group, a multinational French company, owned by the Kering company, formerly known as PPR. Gucci was founded by Gucci Gucci in Florence in 1921. Gucci is also the best-selling Italian brand, operating with about 278 of its stores worldwide (data from September 2009), as well as wholesale at other stores and department stores. In 2013, this brand was valued at 12.1 billion US dollars, with sales of 4.7 billion. The Gucci Museum in Florence was opened on the ninetieth anniversary of its opening in 2011. To this day, Gucci has become one of the most famous, most prestigious and most recognizable fashion brands in the world.

Guccio Gucci got the inspiration to open a company of this kind in London while working for the luxury hotel Savoy. Seeing the refined elegance of the English aristocracy, he set himself the goal of transferring it to Italy as well. Much of Gucci’s customers were local aristocrats who rode horses, and their demand led Gucci to develop a unique equestrian product line. During the 1950s, the trademark and recognizable sign of Gucci became green-red-green stripes on products, again in equestrian style.

By opening stores in Milan and New York, Gucci is starting to build his place in the luxury world of fashion. Gucci Gucci died in 1953, and his sons Aldo, Vasco, Hugo and Rodolfo took over. Gucci’s products quickly became timeless designed fashion details, unavoidable by many celebrities. Gucci has become synonymous with sophistication and beauty in the Jet Set.

He was working on a personal order for Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, creating a silk scarf with a floral print. Also, a shoulder bag carried by Jackie Kennedy, the wife of US President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy, became popular as Jackie O.’s bag. After Gucci’s death, his son Aldo, as one of the executives, helped Gucci continue its expansion.  In the mid-sixties, Gucci adopted a logo consisting of two joined Latin letters G, creating another infallible Gucci symbol.

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