[Gu-chi]
Synonyms: Hip-hop favorite, horse-bit empire, the double G’s, the queen of designer bags to Louis Vuitton’s queen
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Disclaimer: this is actually a post about my recently acquired lust for a logo bag, under the guise of a history lesson about Gucci and the logo bag in general. Please forgive any salivating digressions — it’s just me daydreaming of this:
Anyways.
Gucci was founded in Florence in 1921 by Guccio Gucci (hence the infamous double G’s), who had grown up in a family of saddle and hat makers. Guccio learnt about the upper classes the hard way: after his family’s business went bankrupt, he landed a job as a dishwasher at London’s Savoy hotel, where he spent years waiting on the rich and famous — all of whom, he noticed, carried their belongings in quality leather luggage.
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