Afraid. The name, the money, defamed, the drama. There is no life that does not have a price. In the heart of milan italy is one of the most prestigious Shopping Streets in the world. To step through the heavy glass doors means crossing the border from the ordinary, and the mundane, into luxury, privilege, and glamour. Really, it is the world that so many people aspired to live in. Once upon a time, just a few blocks from this Fairytale World Of Gold Fringed dresses and thousand dollar handbags, Haute Couture gave live to hatred. Beauty became betrayal. The story makes a greek tragedy look like a children story. It happened, one morning, in march, in 1995 when a man, rich beyond measure, a man in love, strolled into his office, and greeted his dorman with a smile. Then, his worst fears were realized, as he was assassinated, in a hail of bullets. He knew that they were plotting against him, to put him out. The murder that occurred on the carpeted steps of this luxury building was so bra
To her they called her the black. Which they called her a sorceress. They thought that they were doing all kinds of crazy things. He was afraid. The name, the money, defamed, the drama. There is no life that does not have a price. In the heart of milan italy is one of the most prestigious Shopping Streets in the world. To step through the heavy glass doors means crossing the border from the ordinary, and the mundane, into luxury, privilege, and glamour. Really, it is the world that so many people aspired to live in. Once upon a time, just a few blocks from this Fairytale World Of Gold Fringed dresses and thousand dollar handbags, Haute Couture gave live to hatred. Beauty became betrayal. The story makes a greek tragedy look like a children story. It happened, one morning, in march, in 1995 when a man, rich beyond measure, a man in love, strolled into his office, and greeted his dorman with a smile. Then, his worst fears were realized, as he was assassinated, in a hail of bullets. He kn
Maurizio Gucci, whose family name is still a synonym for style and chic, forfeited his pride, his reputation, and his global empire of bags and shoes before he lost his life to a mysterious, elegantly dressed assassin. From Maurizio's Bulgari-draped ex-wife, and from other family members, JUDY BACHRACH learns of the intense loathing and vicious rivalries that brought down the Gucci dynasty