The sensational true story of murder,madness,glamour,and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty,now fully updated with a new afterword
On March 27,1995,Maurizio Gucci,heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty,was slain by an unknown gunman as he approached his Milan office. In 1998,his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli-nicknamed "The Black Widow" by the press-was sentenced to 29 years in prison,for arranging his murder.
Did Patrizia murder her ex-husband because his spending was wildly out of control Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress,Paola Franchi Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all
The Gucci story is one of glitz,glamour,intrigue,the rise,near fall and subsequent resurgence of a fashion dynasty. Beautifully written,impeccably researched,and widely acclaimed,The House of Gucci will captivate readers with its page-turning account of high fashion,high finance,and heart-rending personal tragedy.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncISBN: 9780063212602Weight: 305 gDimensions: 203 x 135 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'This gripping book about the empire and murder of Maurizio Gucci...reveals the ugly truth behind fashion's most fabulous family.'- Glamour
'A business book you will zip through like a novel....Forden has whipped up a mixture of family drama and high finance into a tasty and complex narrative.'- The Economist,A Best Book of the Year
'Racy,fast-paced....Reads like a movie script....Hard to put down....Forden gets that famous Gucci bar-and-bit between her teeth -and gallops along.'- International Herald Tribune
'A penetrating chronicle of the rise and fall of a family business....Even by the Borgia-like standards of the fashion industry,the operatic Guccis were special. Not content with the usual familial stew of love,jealousy and greed,they added tax evasion,bigamy and,yes,murder to the mix.'- Wall Street Journal
'Riveting reading.'- Cosmopolitan
'A riveting account of the talent and creative chaos that built one of the world's great luxury-goods empires-and the egotism,bitter family conflict,and incompetence that nearly destroyed it.'- Bloomberg
'Fashion has never been so dramatic-and dangerous. The saga of three generations of the Gucci family opens with an execution-style murder in Milan and penetrates the world of one of the hottest fashion labels of our time. Fashion insider Sara Forden spins the tale of how a bunch of greedy,bickering Guccis lost control of the empire that made GG synonymous with loafers.'- Teri Agins,author of The End of Fashion
'Glamour,greed,sex,style,and very,very good leather goods - what more can you ask for (besides a 30 percent discount)'- Michael Gross,bestselling author of Model and 740 Park
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