In 1897, a man named Guccio Gucci left his native Florence for London, where he worked at the tony Savoy Hotel as a bellhop. Handling the luggage of the ritzy clientele there gave him the education he needed to return to Italy and produce his very own line of travel-centric leather goods. The year was 1921 when Guccio finally opened the doors to his boutique on Florence’s Via della Vigna Nuova, selling imported suitcases in addition to goods handcrafted by local artisans. It didn’t take long for customers to latch onto Guccio’s wares, and soon after that, Gucci became an outright sensation.
The Best Gucci Handbags to Shop Now
- The Gucci Bamboo 1947 - debuted in the late 1940s.
- The Attache - debuted in 2022, a reimagining of a style from the 1970s.
- The Blondie - debuted in 2022.
- The Gucci Horsebit 1955 - debuted in the late 1950s.
- The Jackie 1961 - debuted in 2021, a reimagining of a style from 1961.
- The Diana - debuted in 2022, a reimagining of a style from the 1980s.
- The Marmont - debuted in 2016.
- The Dionysus - debuted in 2015.
- The Soho Disco - debuted in 2012.
