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Zusatztext "An absorbing, bittersweet tribute." –Kirkus Reviews “With its themes of epic passion, repugnant greed, and nefarious treachery, Gucci’s memoir is straight out of Shakespeare…” –Booklist “[ In the Name of Gucci ] delivers an in-depth, no holds barred look into the secretive personal life of the man that heralded the “Made in Italy” tagline as well as the creation, success and failures of one of the most famous Italian brands to forever impart their fingerprint on the world of design.” –Jillian Magenheim, Editorial Director of OliviaPalermo.com "A warm, personal and loving story that brings the larger-than-life characters and their foibles back to a human level, allowing readers to fully grasp the family tragedy behind the sensational headlines." – Honolulu Star Advertiser Informationen zum Autor PATRICIA GUCCI was born in London and educated in England, Italy, and Switzerland before moving to New York to study acting. In 1982 she was appointed to the board of Gucci and roving ambassador in the United States and Asia until the company's sale to Investcorp in 1987. She has three daughters and lives in Switzerland. Klappentext The gripping family drama-and never-before-told love story-surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could have spelled ruination for her father, Aldo Gucci. It was the early 1960s, the halcyon days for Gucci-the must-have brand of Hollywood and royalty-but also a time when having a child out of wedlock was illegal in Italy. Aldo couldn't afford a public scandal, nor could he resist his feelings for Patricia's mother, Bruna, the paramour he met when she worked in the first Gucci store in Rome. To avoid controversy, he sent Bruna to London after she became pregnant, and then discretely whisked her back to Rome with her newborn hidden from the Italian authorities, the media, and the Gucci family. In the Name of Gucci charts the untold love story of Patricia's parents, relying on the author's own memories, a collection of love letters and interviews with her mother, as well as an archive of previously unseen photos. She interweaves her parents' tempestuous narrative with that of her own relationship with her father-from an isolated little girl who lived in the shadows for the best part of a decade through her rise as Gucci's spokesperson and Aldo's youngest protégé, to the moment when Aldo's three sons were shunned after betraying him in a notorious coup and Patricia-once considered a guilty secret-was made his sole universal heir. It is an epic tale of love and loss, treason and loyalty, sweeping across Italy, England and America during the most tumultuous period of Gucci's sixty years as a family business. Leseprobe One The years after my father died weren’t easy for my mother and me. Our relationship had always been rocky but we were both consumed by our own problems and his absence only made it worse. Bereft of the man who’d become a father figure, friend, husband, and son all rolled into one, my mother was overcome by grief and fear. She felt rudderless without the force that had been driving us forward. Whenever I tried to comfort her, she pushed me away, and I became too busy to try again. My marriage was crumbling, I had a new baby, and it fell to me to deal with the lawyers for my father’s estate. There was no time to grieve. Unable to guide my mother, I was powerless as she struggled to accept the loss that, for a while, rendered her completely incoherent. Her helplessness effectively shut down all channels of communication betwe...
