Per Fordens book, she proclaimed to a housekeeper, If its the last thing I do, I want to see [Maurizio] dead.. According to Mello, "Maurizio always wanted everything to be round and brown, and Tom wanted to make it square and black." Though Maurizio Gucci wanted to fire Ford, Domenico De Sole insisted that he remain. An Italian-born, Harvard-educated lawyer who was then with a firm in Washington, D.C., De Sole had worked on Guccis corporate restructuring in the 1980s and became close to the family. As Gucci began to disintegrate in early 1994, Investcorp bought the other half, bid ciao to Maurizio Gucci and a stroke of genius born of desperation . [5], They have two daughters. During his time as Gucci's creative director, the company saw 1,200% growth in sales - nearly $3 billion, according to Forbes. A true autocrat, the 50-year-old Arnault is unlikely to share any real power with De Sole. In early January, Arnault terminated negotiations with the cosmetics and perfumes division of French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi, which controls Yves Saint Laurent. Will the luck of the Irish affect the Oscars? Their sudden departure from the Gucci Group in April 2004 rocked the global fashion business. In an interview with Vulture, Bentivegna revealed that he invented the revelatory scene. I still feel offended.. Once a bellboy at the Savoy Hotel in London, Guccio was inspired by the luxurious luggage of the upper-class guests to craft his own leather bags. I ask forgiveness for all their mistakes. Antonella Gugliersi (she/them) is a feature writer for Screen Rant. Meanwhile, Gaga's Patrizia plots with Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino) to convince Maurizio to work for the family. That was the reality.. Moreover, on the day the hit took place, Patrizia's diary had only one entry that said "paradise" in Greek, rather than Italian, as the movie showed. Using Fordens book as a guide, along with an interview with the films screenwriter Roberto Bentivegna, here well break down what is fact and fiction in House of Gucci. Ford and his business partner, De Sole, helped Gucci acquire . Paolo then attempted to create his own fashion line using the Gucci name, spiraling the family into a decade of legal disputes. She could have been released even earlier, but she turned down a work-release program, reportedly saying, I never worked a day in my life, and I dont intend to start now.. All Rights Reserved. That was in 1984. Chris Pine finally sets the record straight, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures, Oscars diversity improved after #OscarsSoWhite, study shows. Tom Ford says Guccis high-margin ready-to-wear apparel, (11% of sales in 1998s first half, up 50% from 1997), has enormous potential. [7], De Sole serves on the Boards of Pirelli and Ermenegildo Zegna. In 1993 Guccio Gucci SpA, whose supple loafers adorned some of the worlds wealthiest feet and whose distinctive handbags were draped over many a pampered shoulder, lost over $22 million on revenues of $230 million. The true story is that Reggiani had been rather spoiled her whole life and, according to her own words then, had never held a job. Played by Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, Patrizia and Maurizio are part of a constellation of characters in the movie, which also includes Maurizios father, Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons), his uncle Aldo (Al Pacino) and cousin Paolo (Jared Leto), among others. This was before we had begun to roll, when we were largely in the planning stages. Dateline NBC's "Murder in the House of Gucci" airs Friday at 9. In 1987, Italian financial police came to apprehend Maurizio after Paolo accused him of illegal business dealings. In which case the chemistry would be bad not only between Arnault and De Sole but between Arnault and Tom Ford, too. Paolos catchphrase in the movie, used to express any dissatisfaction and uttered like a light tap to the gut, is a short Boof! Theres no indication Paolo ever used the phrase. Reggiani, who was due to spend 26 years in jail, was freed after 17 years. While Clark Gable did own a pair of rare Gucci shoes, made specifically for his film Mogambo, it did not have any gold leaf. One of the more haunting scenes in Scotts epic involves Patrizia calling the psychic hotline of a television personality named Pina. Arnault might have to pay close to $100 a share for the 44 million Gucci shares lvmh does not already own, bringing the total cost of the deal to around $5.4 billion. So its very Shakespearean in that regard., One of the films most fiery scenes, in a sea of many, happens when Domenico serves Patrizia divorce papers from Maurizio outside of their young daughters school. If the Gucci family era of ownership of the Gucci business might be seen as a Game of Thrones-style battle, the Italian-born, Harvard-educated lawyer Domenico De Sole could be seen as the winner . In the latest chapter of a scandal that's jolted New York's art world, a federal jury is hearing about a Chinese immigrant who forged fakes of . In the scene, he's biking around Quartiere Copped in Rome when someone drawshis attention by calling out, "Doctor Gucci!" But he ultimately lost the war. As the companys success grew, he eventually opened a store in Rome for his sons Rodolfo, Aldo, and Vasco to run. It was, after all, Tom Ford who had brought the word luxury back into fashion in the mid-1990s, along with a heady dose of sex appeal. It is said that the last spring collection under the direction of Ford and De Sole was a critical and commercial success for Gucci. Maurizio was later acquitted of the charge, brought forward by his cousin Paolo (Jared Leto). In the movie, after the party, Patrizia stalks Maurizio, pretending to serendipitously bump into him at his law-school library. In 1980, Aldo dismissed him from the company. It unfortunately, however, did not happen. By 1993, the familys attorney and the CEO of Gucci America, Domenico De Sole, had sided with Investcorp, forcing out Maurizio. Grouses De Sole, who thinks Arnault might have had the courtesy to tell him he was interested in Gucci: The guy [Arnault] just asked himself over to dinner without calling first.. "You can't make yourself creative," he said. Maurizio made the first move after exclaiming to a friend that Patrizia looked like Elizabeth Taylor. Somehow we had to send out the message that a new Gucci was being born. One of the tax attorney's clients in the early 1980s was the famed Gucci design family. House of Guccifocuses on the Gucci family business starting from the 70s, following the jet-set couple Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) and Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) from the beginning of their relationship. Domenico De Sole is chairman of Tom Ford International, the menswear brand that now includes beauty, accessories, fragrance and footwear. Domenico, a native of Italy, is the former CEO of the Gucci Group; in 2005, he co-founded and today continues to serve as chairman of Tom Ford International and is the CEO of Sotheby's. The couple's daughters work in the fashion and beauty industries like father, like daughters, it seems. I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. Nemir Kirdar decided it was time to take some of his investors marbles off the table. When De Sole departed, revenues for all of Gucci Group which by then had expanded to include brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Bottega Veneta were more than $3 billion. A timeline of the (alleged) drama involving Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Florence Pugh. In the third quarter of 2020, the brand reclaimed the top spot in Lysts ranking of the worlds most-searched names. The Weeknd responded to a Rolling Stone story claiming the show is a rape fantasy with a clip of his character calling the mag irrelevant. [3], In March 2015, De Sole became chairman of the international auction house Sotheby's, working alongside president and CEO, Tad Smith, whose appointment was announced on the same day. It was Maurizios father Rodolfo who eventually persuaded De Sole to leave Patton, Boggs & Blow, and work for the family firm. It was likely Aldo Gucci who began the story that the family was descended from noble saddlemakers to the medieval courts, when his father and company founder Guccio Gucci actually began his career working at the Savoy Hotel in London before opening a small shop in his native Florence, Italy. In the years since her release, Reggiani seemingly cant help but find her way back into the spotlight. Finally, it ends in the year 1995. The pair, however, didnt first meet through a hotline phone call. According to a recent story in the Hollywood Reporter, it was Pinault who gave the production permission to use the Gucci name and access to the companys archives. De Sole took over Gucci at a tricky time for the company: Having run Gucci America for nearly a decade, he returned to his native Italy in the early 90s to become chief operating officer of the parent company and, not long after, the CEO. Long wanting to be a designer himself, Paolo endlessly fought to use his own name on products, attempting to leverage the Gucci branding for his own ends. According to the companys latest report, De Sole, Ford and other Gucci executives held options on nearly 3 million Gucci shares; at the current stock price, those options would be in the money to the tune of around $100 million. In House of Gucci, De Sole is shown to have worked at the company long before Maurizio even considered joining. based fashion company Prada. Rather, its a very good invention by Leto and will probably become a mainstay pop-culture reference. 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