The brand’s latest iteration of a ’70s accessory makes the horse bit the main event.
First of Its Kind, Last of Its Kind tells the story of an exceptional accessory and the archival piece that inspired it.
As a teenager in the late 1890s, Guccio Gucci traveled from Florence to London, where he soon began to work as a porter at the Savoy hotel. Inspired by the memory of the establishment’s stylish international guests, in 1921 he opened a leather goods and luggage atelier on Florence’s Via della Vigna Nuova. Gucci found success by combining Tuscan craftsmanship with English elegance; by midcentury, the house had also become known for its equestrian
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