Gucci

As of 2004, the Gucci Group maintained whole or partial interests in the following companies or brands:. It also marks the point of a merger between the web teams and the closure of the 'original' forums on the 19th. Using the capital obtained from the PPR issue, the Group has steadily expanded beyond just the Gucci brand through a series of takeovers. The new version of Hollyoaks.com was launched on the 5th of December 2005 as part of their yearly spruce. Giannini's Spring 2006 collection was lauded for its color and energy, recreating the buzz around the company's ready-to-wear that was first heard after Ford's 1995 season. (This is the "First Look" episode and shows the episode for the next day or Monday). 32-year-old Giannini, who had been responsible for designing men's and women's accessories, currently serves as Creative Director for the entire brand. Also an omnibus is shown on Channel 4 on a Sunday a varied times (Usually: 9.25AM or 10.00AM).

Ray served as Creative Director of Menswear for three years before resigning in January 2006, citing his inability to create a consistent image for Gucci during his time as head designer. Goes through owners at an increasingly rapid rate. Facchinetti was elevated to Creative Director of Womenswear in 2004 and designed for two seasons before leaving the company after a management dispute. Enduring convenience store that sells everything as long as it's in stock. Following Ford's departure, Gucci Group retained three designers to continue the success of the company's flagship label: Alessandra Facchinetti, Frida Giannini, and John Ray, all of whom had worked under Ford's creative direction. Formerly Gnosh Village (pronounced vil-arzh). In 2005, Tom Ford began designing a line of cosmetics for Estee Lauder, and planned to launch his own line of ready-to-wear and accessories under a Tom Ford label. Latest incarnation of the local cafe, currently pitching itself at the cosmopolitan Europhile rather than denizens of the greasy spoon.

The announcement of his departure led to a complete presale of many items in New York department stores, and waitlists for his last accessories formed just days after the collection showed in Milan. Prone to burning down for no reason. His collection for Yves Saint Laurent followed the lead of the previous season’s Gucci women’s wear, with form fitting kimonos and Asian patterned dresses, while the menswear collection featured classic-looking tuxedos and smoking jackets. Ever-controversial night spot which attracts just as much revelry as ribaldry. Ford priced up the ready-to-wear and used exotic fabrics like alligator and boar hide. Uniformly known merely as 'The Dog'. Print advertisements featured models in sleek, simple gowns inspired by the glamour of 1920s silent film stars. Long-established local for Village patrons old and new, scene of many a dramatic denouement and thunderous tantrum.

Ford’s last show for Gucci returned to the roots of his first successful collection: the culture of celebrity. Never seems to close. After a failed attempt at contract renewal with PPR in 2003, Tom Ford and Domenico de Sole decided to take their leave from Gucci Group. Ultra-popular watering hole for the Village's expanding population of further education acolytes. The second largest shareholder is Crédit Lyonnais with 11%. Perennial haunt of many an over-eager fresher, aspirant young professional and full-time student wannabe. PPR now owns 68% of the group. Macki was stabbed by Ali after Macki had made him endure months of bullying and racial abuse.

Courts in the Netherlands ultimately upheld the PPR deal, as it did not violate that country's business laws. Ali Taylor was ran over while running away after stabbing Stephen "Macki" Mackintosh. Arnault’s share was diluted to a paltry 20%, and a legal battle ensued to challenge the legitimacy of the new Gucci-PPR partnership. Dan died while follwing his dreams to be a professional racer. Francois Pinault, the company’s founder, agreed to the idea and purchased 37 million shares in the company, or a 40% stake. He was the last of his family still living there; his parents had moved to Cyprus, his brother had died, and his sisters had moved away. He also approached French holding company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) about the possibility of forming a strategic alliance. Lee left Hollyoaks in December 2005 with Zara Morgan.

De Sole reacted by issuing new shares of stock in an effort to dilute the value of Arnault’s holdings. His mother Sally once told Bombhead that Lee "loves you like a brother", and this appears to be true. Domenico De Sole was incensed by the news and declined Arnault’s request for a spot on the board of directors, where he would have access to Gucci’s confidential earnings reports, strategy meetings, and design concepts. Lee often offers to help him with something but doesn't, or ignores his needs, but he cares a lot about his friend. In 1999, LVMH staged an effort to acquire Gucci Group through a creeping takeover, purchasing 34.4% of the company’s stock. His best friend is Bombhead, who moved in with Lee and his family after the death of his mother. Arnault jumped at the chance. He is mischievous and self-centered at times, but he can also be very caring.

Realizing that his company didn't have the assets to execute the takeover, Prada’s Patrizio Bertelli offered to sell the shares to someone who could: Arnault. He is the son of Les and Sally Hunter, and the brother of Dan, Ellie and Lisa Hunter. Prada, in an effort to replicate LVMH's success at consolidation, had purchased a sizeable stake in Gucci Group in an ill-fated attempt to take over the company. Lee first appeared with the rest of the Hunter family in 2001. Four years later, he sorely regretted that decision. Zara left in December 2005 to help survivors of the tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. Arnault balked at the $500 million price tag and was unsure that Gucci could ever be revived. Dannii left after being raped by Andy Holt and Russ was unable to believe her, They parted on Russ telling Dannii he and Sam murderd Andy.

Just before Gucci Group’s IPO in 1995, Investcorp approached LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault with a proposition to sell him the entire Gucci brand, including its lucrative watch and fragrance divisions. Mischevious when she wants to be, calculating when she needs to be, Michaela is nonetheless a loyal friend and close ally to those she thinks matters. In the late 1990s, Gucci became mired in a standoff with one of fashion's biggest conglomerates, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Hired for New Years party now with a full time job at The Loft, a love interest for Max. It issued further shares in 1996. She recently spearheaded the campaign to find the village rapist. Gucci Group became a publicly traded company in 1995, incorporated in the Netherlands, and listing on the New York and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges. Louise was drugged by Andy Holt, but managed to escape being raped.

By his third collection, it became clear that the highly suggestive advertisements and scanty clothing were not passing fads at the generations-old fashion house, but rather the attribute that would set Gucci apart from its competitors. She is feisty and has very few female friends, except for best friend Becca Dean, as she is extremely flirty and a man-eater. The defining characteristic of Ford’s work was what came to be known as the “Gucci sex factor.” His spring 1996 collection, which was reminiscent of the flower child fashions of the early and mid-1970s, continued Ford’s signature trend of sky-high hemlines and plunging necklines. Works as an administrative assistant at the college despite the fact she hates students and all their petty problems. People Magazine called him one of the 50 most beautiful people of the year. She is studying psychology. He graced the pages of entertainment and fashion magazines alongside advertisements that featured his company’s sexy new look. Opinionated and outgoing, Louise is highly self-motivated however can be intimidating.

Practically overnight, Ford became one of the most celebrated new stars in entertainment. He is fascinated with computers and studying a computer design course. Gucci’s warm reception among the glitterati had an unintended side effect: the elevation of Tom Ford from designer to sex symbol. Jeremy has had problems fitting in at the easy going, lack of routine and structure, busy life at University, as his background was aristocratic, wealthy and rural and is a viscount. Image:Gucci2.jpg. However OB is still prone to practical jokes and delights in using childish humour to charm Max's child half-brother Tom. In the years that would follow, nearly every major celebrity in Hollywood came to Ford for formalwear on awards night, and celebrity sightings once again became commonplace in the company’s boutiques. Best friends with Max and, like Max, has grown from being cheeky and carefree to a more mature individual.

Celebrities, fashion models, and wealthy young patrons around the world were clamoring for pieces from the new collection. He has an estranged relationship with his father, an alcoholic who used to abuse his mother. Soon thereafter, Gwenyth Paltrow graced the red carpet in the season’s signature look, a red crushed velvet tuxedo with an unbuttoned blue dress shirt, and British actress Elizabeth Hurley donned that season’s patent leather spiked boots to a movie premiere. He is also smitten with ice-queen Louise Summers, despite the fact she has shown no interest in him. In 1995, Madonna appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards to collect an award for “Take A Bow” in head-to-toe Gucci. He's easy going and flexible, with little time for rules or regulations. While Ford’s 1995 ready-to-wear line was met with rave reviews by industry insiders, it was the celebrity following that would propel Gucci back to the top of the industry. Joe is outgoing and extremely self confident.

You just knew that wearing those clothes would make you look like you were living on the edge—doing it and having it all!". His girlfriend, Steph, discovered this using a virtual doctor as Cameron couldn't bring himself to see a real one. "The girls looked like they had just stepped off someone’s private jet. He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which manifests itself with constant washing, showering and cleaning. "It was hot! It was sex!" Joan Kaner, fashion director for Neiman Marcus, exclaimed. He went out with Lisa for a long time but has also been out with Steph, to the amusement of Zara, as Cameron and Steph are polar opposites. The collection was reminiscent of the jet-set clientele that created a buzz around the label in the 1970s, with its unbuttoned silk shirts and tight velvet hip-huggers. Cameron is intelligent and tidy.

Ford's 1995 ready-to-wear line for Gucci dazzled fashion critics. Having shown up without warning on Jessica's doorstep, Mark is doing his best to try and build bridges with his ex, to the extent of switching courses at HCC to be with her. But where Ralph Lauren embodied the WASP culture of New England, Ford created a lifestyle brand for the hedonistic, urban-dwelling fashionistas who emblemized the brand in years past. He speaks his mind, takes no prisoners, and expects others to treat him the same. Lauren, as Ford described, was “the only designer to really create an entire world… you know exactly what his people look like, what their houses look like, what kind of cars the drive,” a mantra he would adopt at Gucci years later. Headstrong and articulate, Mark has already ruffled feathers during his short time in the Village. His scandalous advertisements made the brand synonymous with eternal youth and the mystery of adolescent sexuality. At first she couldn't be parted from her mobile phone (and her link to boyfriend Mark) but over time it seems she is drifting apart fom her long-term boyfriend.

Klein, much like Ford, was a “superstar designer,” the exemplar of his own brand: stylish, suave, and modern. A student of marketing and advertising, Jessica is confident, beautiful, headstrong and determined to always get what she wants. Ford had long been an avid follower of two of America’s top designers, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. She has become close friends with Jessica Harris, but lives in her shadow as she is not as outgoing as her friend. De Sole, who had been elevated to CEO, realized that if Gucci was to become a profitable company, it would require a new image, and so he agreed to pursue Ford’s vision. She is finding it hard to adjust to student life. Ford had worked for years under the uninspiring direction of Maurizio and Mellow and wanted to take the company’s image in a new direction. Olivia split up with her long-term boyfriend recently before moving to Hollyoaks to study history.

Dawn Mello returned to her job at Bergdorf Goodman less than a year after Maurizio’s departure, and the position of creative director went to Tom Ford, then just 32 years old. Rhys's best friend from school and also the wannabe boyfriend of Jessica Harris after they snogged at a Halloween party. He was forced to sell his shares in the company to Investcorp in August of 1993. He has been using Zara to do this. His management had had an adverse effect on the desirability of the brand, product quality, and distribution control. He has since shown a sinister side and an obsession with revenge against the college for animal rights. Maurizio was a charming man who passionately loved his family's business, but after four years most of the company's senior managers agreed that he was incapable of running the company. He arrived in 2005 and has a less than secret admirer in Zara Morgan, an avid protestor on anything and everything.

The company’s new accessories failed to pick up the slack, and for the next three years the company experienced heavy losses and teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. Freddy is studying English literature and an animal rights campaigner. Maurizio riled distributors, Investcorp shareholders, and executives at Gucci America by drastically reining in on the sales of the Gucci Accessories Collection, which in the United States alone generated $110 million in revenue every year. Characters in this section dont go under any family categories as they are on there own or are seen less. In the early 1990s, Gucci underwent what is now recognized as the poorest time in the company's history. As such she's not always held in the best regard by the rest of her family. Dawn Mello hired Ford in 1990 at the urging of his partner, writer and editor Richard Buckley. Amy enjoys playing the part of troublesome teenager and rebellious younger sister to the full.

Raised in Texas and New Mexico, he had been interested in fashion since his early teens but only decided to pursue a career as a designer after dropping out of Parsons School of Design in 1986 as an architecture major. Always looking for the next big adventure, she is avowedly inventive and spontaneous - but more than willing to fall under Nancy's less than charitable influence. The last addition to the creative team, which already included designers from Geoffrey Beene and Calvin Klein, was a young designer named Tom Ford. Defying her mum's wish for her to become an Olympic swimmer, Sarah is enjoying spending her time socializing and mixing with the opposite sex. At the helm of Gucci America was Domenico De Sole, a former lawyer who helped oversee Maurizio’s takeover of the company and the purchase of the company’s remaining shares by Investcorp, a Bahrain-based holding company between 1987 and 1989. Her good intentions are often mistaken for meddling, however, and the worsening plight of her husband Mike is certainly not helping things. In 1989, Maurizio managed to persuade Dawn Mello, whose revival of New York's Bergdorf Goodman in the 1970s made her a star in the retail business, to join the newly-formed Gucci Group as creative director. A concerned mother, Kathy tries to do her best for her wayward, whimsical offspring.

The firm was named "European Company of the Year 1998" by the European Business Press Federation for its economic and financial performance, strategic vision as well as management quality. He quit his job recently. The Gucci brand is considered one of the most frequently mentioned brands. Mike is the patriach of the family, though often answers to his wife. A turnaround of the company devised in the late 1980s made Gucci one of the world's most influential fashion houses and a highly profitable business operation. John Pickard is the real-life brother of Nick Pickard. Maurizio sought to bury the fighting that had torn the company and his family apart and turned to talent outside of the company for Gucci’s future. Tony initially struggled with the revelation of the relationship but is now coming to accept it.

(This action would later have a drastic impact on the outcome of the company’s dispute with the world’s largest luxury goods company, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.) Following the decision, the rest of the family left the company and, for the first time in years, one man was at the helm of Gucci. Dominic and Tony have only just found out they are brothers; they previously believed they were cousins. Maurizio allied with Aldo’s son Paolo to gain control of the Board of Directors and established the Gucci Licensing division in the Netherlands for tax purposes. Dominic is the long-lost brother of Tony. Rodolfo’s death in 1983 caused a major shakeup in the company when he left his 50% stake in Gucci to his son, Maurizio Gucci. Tom is a lot happier now; he has started school, is getting on well with Max, and has recently become an uncle to Mandy's baby girl. By the mid-1980s, when Aldo was convicted of tax evasion in the United States by the testimony of his own son, the outrageous headlines of gossip magazines generated as much publicity for Gucci as its designs. Tom felt so guilty for the latter event that he ran away from home but Mandy found him and brought him back.

Meanwhile, infighting was taking its toll on the operations of the company back in Italy: Rodolfo and Aldo squabbled over the Parfums division, of which Rodolfo controlled a meager 20% stake. Tom has survived both the car crash that killed his father and the fire he started while playing with fireworks. It didn’t take long before counterfeiters ravaged the company’s pomp by flooding the market with cheap knockoffs, further tarnishing the Gucci name. His mother went into labour when giving half-sister Mandy a driving lesson! After the death of his parents Tom lived for a short while with Mandy, but now lives with half-brother Max. But by the 1980s, Gucci had lost its appeal, becoming a tacky airport brand.". He is the only child his late parents had together, although they already had six adult children between them. "In the 1960s and 1970s," writes Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, "Gucci had been at the pinnacle of chic, thanks to icons such as Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Jacqueline Onassis. Tom's short life has already been full of trauma.

The newly-founded wholesaling business had brought the once-exclusive brand to over a thousand stores in the United States alone with the GAC line, deteriorating the brand’s standing with fashionable customers. Max's close friend OB helps him with this. Within a few years, the Parfums division began outselling the Accessories division. Caring for Charlie helped prepare Max for looking after his half-brother Tom full time, which he has done since the death of his father and stepmother. Though the Gucci Accessories Collection was well received, it proved to be the destabilizing force that brought the Gucci dynasty crashing down. Max has got over unrequited love for his stepsister Mandy and a relationship with Anna that saw him take on a fatherly role towards her baby son, Charlie. Aldo relegated control of Parfums to his son Roberto in an effort to weaken Rodolfo’s control of the overall operations of the company. After his father's death, he took over the shop his father had owned.

GAC consisted of small accessories, such as cosmetic bags, lighters, and pens, which were priced at considerably lower points than the other items in the company’s accessories catalogue. Max has grown from a cheeky, carefree teenager to a caring young man. In 1979, Aldo developed the Gucci Accessories Collection, or GAC, intended to bolster the sales for the Gucci Parfums sector, which his sons controlled. Antonia is now her middle name. At the time, brothers Aldo and Rodolfo controlled equal 50% shares of the company, though Aldo felt that his brother contributed less to the company than he and his sons did. Grace was christened recently; and Becca Dean is a godmother while Max, OB and Dominic are godfathers, Grace was originaly going to be called Antonia however Mandy wasnt very keen and thus a compromise was made. Gucci remained one of the premier luxury goods establishments in the world until the late 1970s, when a series of disastrous business decisions and family quarrels brought the company to the verge of bankruptcy. Mandy suffered post natal depression for a while however now loves her baby, while Tony has always been a doting dad.

Kennedy. She is doing very well, considering her premature birth. President John F. Born two months early to Mandy and Tony, their baby girl is named Grace. At that time, the company also developed its famous GG logo (Guccio Gucci's initials), the Flora silk scarf (worn prominently by Hollywood actress Grace Kelly), and the Jackie O shoulder bag, made famous by Jackie Kennedy, the wife of U.S. After a miscarriage, Mandy gave birth to a baby girl, Antonia, and Tony is a doting dad. Gucci targeted the Far East for further expansion in the late 1960s, opening stores in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Their relationship has been a troubled one and Tony has suffered domestic violence from Mandy however the couple resolved their difficulties and married in Rome.

As the Gucci expanded overseas, board meetings about the company’s future often ended with tempers flaring and luggage and purses flying. The only original character still in the show, Tony is married to Mandy. Disputes regarding inheritances, stock holdings, and day-to-day operations of the stores often divided the family and led to alliances. Mandy suffered post natal depression and it took her a while to bond with her daughter, but she now loves her. Even in Gucci’s fledgling years, the family was notorious for its ferocious infighting. Although Mandy always thought she would never have children, she and Tony have a baby daughter, born two months premature. After Guccio's death in 1953, Aldo helped lead the company to a position of international prominence, opening the company’s first boutiques in London, Paris and New York. They eloped to Rome to marry.

Guccio and his wife Aida Calvelli had a large family, six children in all, though only his sons—Vasco, Aldo, Ugo, and Rodolfo—would play a role in leading the company. However, they both received counselling and have resolved their difficulties. During the 1950s, Gucci also developed the trademark striped webbing, which was derived from the saddle girth, and the suede moccasin with a metal bit. Mandy and Tony's relationship has been strained; after a miscarriage, Mandy started to hit Tony. In 1947, Gucci introduced the bamboo handle handbag, which is still a company mainstay. Mandy is married to Tony Hutchinson, who promised her late brother Lewis he'd look after Mandy. Guccio was responsible for designing many of the company's most notable products. After the death of Mandy's mother and stepfather in a car crash, Mandy gained guardianship of Tom, although he now lives with Mandy's stepbrother Max.

In 1938, Gucci expanded and a boutique was opened in Rome. On New Years Eve 1999, she delivered her half-brother Tom when her mother went into labour while giving Mandy a driving lesson. As a young man, he travelled to Paris and London, where he "gained an appreciation of cosmopolitan culture, sophistication, and aesthetics." Gucci opened his first boutique in the family’s native Florence in 1921 and quickly built a reputation for quality, hiring the best craftsmen he could find to work in his atelier. She survived domestic abuse by her father and a poisoning attempt from former best friend Laura Burnes. Guccio Gucci was the son of an Italian merchant from the country’s northern manufacturing region. Mandy has grown from a naive schoolgirl to a respectable married mother-of-one. Like many other high-fashion companies, Gucci began as a small, family-owned saddlery and leather goods store. Russ is in love with Dannii.

. This left him depressed for a while, during which time, his brother Sam supported him. It was founded by Guccio Gucci (1881-1953) in Florence in 1921. Russ recently suffered from testicular cancer and had one testicle removed as a result. Gucci, or the House of Gucci, is an Italian haute couture establishment. He is a popular ladies man and unafraid to make his views heard. Bedat & Co (85%). He also exhibits a very mature nature when necessary.

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