[ebooks] David Bowie in Darkness: A Study of 1. Outside and the Late Career by Nicholas P. Greco in Arts-Photography

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The gripping family dramamdash;and never-before-told love storymdash;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 Guccimdash;the must-have brand of Hollywood and royaltymdash;but also a time when having a child out of wedlock was illegal in Italy. Aldo couldnt afford a public scandal; nor could he resist his feelings for Patriciarsquo;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 Patriciarsquo;s parents; relying on the authorrsquo;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 fathermdash;from an isolated little girl who lived in the shadows for the best part of a decade through her rise as Guccis spokesperson and Aldos youngest proteacute;geacute;; to the moment when Aldorsquo;s three sons were shunned after betraying him in a notorious coup and Patriciamdash;once considered a guilty secretmdash;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 Guccis sixty years as a family business.From the Hardcover edition.