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Together with three of his sons, Aldo, Vasco, and Rodolfo, Gucci expanded the company to include stores in Milan and Rome as well black gucci belt bag as additional shops in Florence. Gucci’s stores featured such finely crafted leather accessories as handbags, shoes, and his iconic ornamented loafer as well as silks and knitwear in a signature pattern. The Gucci loafer is the only shoe in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The company made handbags of cotton canvas louis vuitton mens belts rather than leather during World War II as a result of material shortages. The canvas, however, was distinguished by a signature double-G symbol combined with prominent red and green bands. hermes mens belts After the war, the Gucci crest, which showed a shield and armored knight surrounded by a ribbon inscribed with the family name, became sterling silver belts synonymous with the city of Florence. Aldo and Rodolfo Gucci further expanded the company’s horizons in 1953 by establishing offices in New York City. black gucci belt bag Film stars and jet-set travelers to Italy during the 1950s and 1960s brought their glamour to Florence, turning Gucci’s merchandise into international louis vuitton belts for men status symbols. Movie stars posed in Gucci’s clothing, accessories, and footwear for lifestyle magazines around the world, contributing to the company’s growing reputation.

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The company prospered through the 1970s, but the 1980s were marked by internal family disputes that brought Gucci to the brink of disaster. huge belt buckle Rodolfo’s son Maurizio took over the company’s direction after his father’s death in 1983, and dismissed his uncle Aldo—who eventually served a prison term for tax evasion. Maurizio proved to silver leather belts be an unsuccessful president; he was compelled to sell the family-owned company to Investcorp, black gucci belt bag a Bahrain-based company, in 1988. gucci mini belt bag Maurizio disposed of his remaining stock in 1993. Tragically, Maurizio was murdered in Milan in 1995, and his former wife, Patrizia Reggiani, was convicted of hiring his killers. Meanwhile, the new investors promoted the American-educated Domenico De Sole from the position of family attorney to president of Gucci America in 1994 and chief executive in 1995.