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Gucci

News an insight on the high fashion luxury brand

CEO / Managing Director

Jean-François Palus

CFO / Finance Director

Armelle Poulou

Industry

Fashion & Beauty

Website

gucci.com

Headquarters address

Via Tornabuoni 73/r, 50123 Florence, Italy

Year founded

1921

The making of Chanel silk scarves at the Mantero factory in Como, Italy. Photo: Handout

Fashion

Threads of gold: unravelling the enduring appeal of silk

La DoubleJ and Shanghai-based Ruohan Nie use silk in almost all their collections, while Zimmermann and Ralph Lauren also featured the fabric in recent shows.

4 Jul 2025 - 6:00AM

Jewellery

Wearable tech is the next frontier for luxury jewellers

30 Jun 2025 - 1:00PM

Fashion

Bollywood power couples: 4 actors at the top of their style game

27 Jun 2025 - 6:00AM

Fame and celebrity

Meet British supermodel Kit Butler, who walks for Balenciaga and Versace

Butler was discovered while working as a forklift driver – now he goes to Beyoncé concerts with Donatella Versace and walks for the likes of Jacquemus and Dolce & Gabbana.

26 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Kit Butler models Balenciaga’s Le City bag in 2024. Photo: @kitbutlerr/Instagram

North Korea

North Korea’s first lady returns with a touch of Gucci glamour

Ri Sol-ju’s appearance with husband Kim Jong-un and daughter Ju-ae is a ‘choreographed move’ to show family stability, experts say.

26 Jun 2025 - 4:09PMvideocam

Celebrity style

Dakota Johnson delivers a style masterclass on her Materialists press tour

Johnson has taken on New York in a range of daring outfits from Gucci, Saint Laurent, Nensi Dojaka and Ophelia Eve while promoting her new romcom.

23 Jun 2025 - 12:01PM

Travel news and advice

4 travel tips on where to stay, drink and shop for a stylish summer

Paris’ Buly Saintonge boutique is the only branch of the apothecary with a built-in spa room, while luxury footwear brand Aquazzura has turned to 18th century illustrations as inspo for its new bar.

9 Jun 2025 - 4:00PM

Let Gucci’s new suitcase stickers inspire you to search out fresh travel experiences in Los Angeles, Rome and Paris. Photo: Handout

Trending in China

China firm cons parents out of US$51,000 with fake elite brand kids fashion show

Firm preys on parents desperate to make their kids famous by using counterfeit luxury brand logos, charging registration fees.

4 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM

Celebrity Families

Who is Rainey Qualley, sister of The Substance’s Margaret Qualley?

Rainey starred as her mother’s on-screen daughter in Mighty Fine and has made appearances in Mad Men and Ocean’s 8 – she’s also a singer-songwriter and has released 3 EPs.

22 May 2025 - 5:00AM

European cinema

Cannes Film Festival shows fashion’s stepped up involvement in cinema

From Saint Laurent and AMI to Chanel and Dior, luxury labels are not just dressing the stars but co-producing movies at Cannes Film Festival.

13 May 2025 - 8:21PMvideocam

Cast members of the film Diamant Brut arrive for its screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024. Luxury fashion labels are moving beyond the red carpet to partner with filmmakers and production companies. Photo: Reuters

Vietnam

From Prada to Lego, Vietnam cracks down on fakes after US tariff threat

Documents reveal a finance ministry directive targeting fake Gucci bags, Samsung devices and Lego bricks as Hanoi tries to appease Washington.

13 May 2025 - 3:29PMvideocam

Counterfeit products are displayed at a shop inside a shopping centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

High Jewellery

Explainer | What are torque necklaces, and how are celebrities reviving them?

Messika, Pomellato, Repossi, Jessica McCormack, Lalaounis, Tabayer and Laura Vann are among the other high and fine jewellery brands bringing their own twist to the classic torque design.

6 May 2025 - 6:00PM

Fashion

How to boss bold printed shirts, the latest word in men’s fashion

Boldly patterned long-sleeved shirts in relaxed fits are suddenly everywhere in men’s fashion, with brands like Kapital, Bode, Wacko Maria and Casablanca leading the way.

5 May 2025 - 6:00AM

Fashion

How LVMH and Kering thrived by reviving heritage brands like Dior and Gucci

While reviving heritage fashion brands can be lucrative, only a handful have been financially successful despite critical acclaim and strategic investments.

23 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

Unforgettable pieces from the Schiaparelli under Daniel Roseberry revival include the lion’s head dress that Kylie Jenner wore in 2023, which drew mixed reactions on social media. Photo: AP

Style Edit

Style Edit: Gucci celebrates its heritage in scarves with The Art of Silk

The maison produced nearly 80 scarf designs between 1960 and 1981 – from the intricate Flora, created for Princess Grace of Monaco, to the iconic Horsebit in 1953, and GG Monogram in 1969.

21 Apr 2025 - 10:00AM

Banking & finance

Louis Vuitton, Gucci owners face tough times in China amid trade war, property slump

Chinese consumers’ spending on luxury goods has been affected by falling property prices and uncertainties over the trade war, analyst says.

19 Apr 2025 - 9:30AM

Fashion

Style shoot: Gucci’s ‘casually grand’ spring/summer 2025 collection

Dresses range from classic 1960s A-line cuts to the sheerest, most daring lace, while versatile horsebit bags are paired with a mixture of refined and raunchy styles.

11 Apr 2025 - 5:00AM

Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week 2025: brand signatures mark a season of transition

Louis Vuitton held a small and intimate show at a ‘secret location’, Saint Laurent wowed with dramatic colour blocking and broad-shouldered tops, and Sacai embraced a cosy, graphic style.

12 Mar 2025 - 11:06AM

Louis Vuitton’s autumn/winter 2025 show, held in the former office of a railway company near Gare du Nord in Paris, was a homage to train travel. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

Gucci, Prada close more China outlets as luxury spending shrinks

Store closures are also hurting mall owners and undermining projections for an end to the multi-year property market slump.

9 Mar 2025 - 1:01PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Meet Grace Johnson, Gucci model and daughter of Miami Vice star Don Johnson

The rising star, who is Johnson’s third child and his first with Kelley Phleger, was inspired by her grandmother to pick up a camera … but ended up making a career in front of it.

4 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week 2025: from Gucci’s transition to Fendi’s 100th anniversary

Gucci offers a ‘foundational’ collection as it awaits a new creative director, while Marni’s Francesco Risso wows with creative collaborations; Fendi’s family affair meanwhile hits it out of the park.

28 Feb 2025 - 11:09AM

The Prada autumn/winter 2025 show had an undone quality to it, what co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons referred to as “raw glamour”. Photo: EPA-EFE

Fame and celebrity

How to achieve Demi Moore’s seemingly effortless, chilled-out style

The timeless star, who has found new fame with her role in body horror The Substance, looked effortlessly laid-back in a super-slouchy blazer and jeans – do the same with Isabel Marant and Max Mara.

28 Feb 2025 - 11:00AM

Demi Moore in Gucci at the Landman photocall in London, November 2024. Photo: Getty Images

Style Edit

Style Edit: Gucci’s spring/summer 2025 campaign, Where Light Finds Us

Directed by Xavier Dolan, Where Light Finds Us stars Black-ish’s Yara Shahidi and George MacKay of 1917 fame, the actors portraying fleeting moments of intimacy that resonate.

17 Feb 2025 - 10:00AM

Banking & finance

Estée Lauder, L’Oreal suffer as global brands’ lustre fades in China

Tit-for-tat tariffs add to peril for global brands as consumers favour high-quality domestic rivals amid a spending slump, analysts say.

14 Feb 2025 - 11:00AM

Banking & finance

Laopu Gold jewellery sells like hot cakes despite tepid China consumer spending

Fans of Laopu Gold say they like its ‘fixed price’ model and intricate craftsmanship.

10 Feb 2025 - 10:30AM

Shoppers in an outdoor mall in Beijing. Photo: AP

Fashion

Christmas 2024 gift guide: elegant pieces from Cartier, Gucci and Hermès

Chloé and Tod’s apparel as well as an Assouline book for the coffee table round out a wish list of premium present ideas for your loved ones.

11 Dec 2024 - 6:00AM

Christmas

Christmas 2024 gift guide: give your friends presents with a playful pop of colour

Festively coloured poppy styles to impress even the pickiest on your present list, from Golden Goose jewellery to a Stanley tumbler.

8 Dec 2024 - 6:15AM

Fashion

The viral Instagram fan accounts supporting fashion’s most famous names

Kering brand Bottega Veneta has no official social media, while another fan account celebrates Céline’s then-creative director Phoebe Philo building a campaign around writer Joan Didion.

16 Nov 2024 - 6:00AM

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