In 1990, Gucci began dating Paola Franchi, a childhood friend who had attended his wedding to Patrizia, after the two encountered each other at a private club in St.Moritz, Switzerland.
Paola Franchi (born 17 November 1953) is an Italian interior designer, artist, author and former model. Her 2010 autobiography L'amore spezzato ("The Broken Love") details her relationship with Italian businessman Maurizio Gucci, who was murdered in 1995 while they were a couple.
The Guardian described Franchi in 2016 as an artist who lives in a converted porcelain factory, filled with books and paintings, in Milan. They noted that she spends half the year in Kenya.
Gucci and Reggiani first met when they were both in their early 20s, when they encountered each other at a debutante party in November 1970. Even though the fashion house heir later claimed it was “love at first sight”, his family was less than thrilled about his newfound love.
Franchi was born in Milan in 1953 and married copper industrialist Giorgio Colombo in 1983. Giorgio Colombo and Paola Franchi welcomed their son, Charlie, into the world in 1985. The pair split up because of their insurmountable differences, and in 1990, that's when Paola met Gucci, and they started dating.
While a retrial did not occur, the efforts resulted in a reduction of the former socialite's sentence: from 29 years to 26. She was released in 2016 early on good behavior. That year, Reggiani expressed in a Guardian interview that her daughters were no longer speaking to her.
Today, Patrizia Gucci works as Interior Design, Fashion Design and painter/artist in Italy and abroad. She studied 3 years at “Istituto d'Arte Porta Romana” in Florence, graduated in Fashion Designer.
Why is there only one daughter in the house of Gucci?
In reality, Maurizio's mother was named Sandra. However, in real life, the pair had two daughters. House of Gucci streamlined the story by removing Patrizia and Maurizio's daughter Allegra from the picture. Both Alessandra and Allegra live in Switzerland with their families now.
Investcorp bought the remaining 50% of Guccio Gucci S.p.A. from Maurizio Gucci in 1993, ending the family involvement in the group. In March 1995, Maurizio Gucci was shot dead in the lobby of Gucci's Milan office.
In 1990, Gucci began dating Paola Franchi, a childhood friend who had attended his wedding to Patrizia, after the two encountered each other at a private club in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
As of June 2023, some of the notable Gucci family members still alive are Patricia Gucci, Aldo's only daughter; as well as Alessandra and Allegra Gucci, the children of the infamous couple of Maurizio Gucci and Patrizia Reggiani.
By the time Maurizio Gucci was gunned down in the lobby of his Milan office on March 27, 1995, the company he knew and loved was already embarking on a new journey under Domenico De Sole and Tom Ford, and priming for the sort of success that would surpass Maurizio's own big ambitions.
Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Ford wrote and directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016).
The element of sensationalism isn't lost on Forden, who began writing about the Gucci family's drama as the chief business correspondent for WWD, later drawing on her years of reporting to write her book. “If I had made the story up like a novel, nobody would have believed it,” she tells TIME. “But it was all true.
Patrizia Gucci, who is Paolo Gucci's daughter and Maurizio Gucci's first cousin once removed, told the Associated Press, in the name of the Gucci family, they were "truly disappointed" by the film. "They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system."
Luxury goods company Kering owns Gucci today. Kering is headquartered in Paris, France, and is majority-owned by the Pinault family. Kering also owns several other luxury brands, including Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, and Yves Saint Laurent.
She was found guilty and imprisoned for 18 years. Despite this, Reggiani still receives $1.47 million annually from the Gucci estate to this day and has earned the nickname 'la vedova nera,” The Black Widow. Maurizio and Patrizia met in November 1970.
Guccio Gucci divided his wealth among his sons. However, only Aldo and Rodolfo ran the company until the 1980s. Then, Rodolfo welcomed Maurizio Gucci, who sold his entire share of the Gucci stock. However, his children Alessandra and Allegra inherited his wealth.
While a retrial did not occur, the efforts resulted in a reduction of the former socialite's sentence: from 29 years to 26. She was released in 2016 early on good behavior. That year, Reggiani expressed in a Guardian interview that her daughters were no longer speaking to her.
According to Meaww, Alessandra and Allegra Gucci are worth $400 million after the death of their father, who was worth around the same amount when he died. The daughters were given control of their father's estate after their mother was found guilty of his murder in 1997.
Since Paola and Maurizio weren't married at the time of his passing, she didn't inherit any of his fortune. She was branded a glamorous gold digger by the media, but according to her, the relationship was always genuinely about love rather than finances. An error occurred.
