Patrizia Gucci

Patrizia Yvonne Gucci (born 14 July 1956) is an Italian fashion and interior designer, painter, and author. She is the great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci, the founder of the fashion house Gucci, and the daughter of Paolo Gucci, who was the chief designer for the family company. She herself worked in the public relations department of the family company for 12 years, until 1994.

Gucci is the author of several books, previously had her own accessories brand for the Japanese market, and has held various international exhibitions for her paintings, including at the Opera Gallery in Budapest. She has also decorated the presidential suite at the Four Seasons in Istanbul.

Early life and education Gucci grew up in Florence with her parents Paolo and Yvonne and her elder sister Elisabetta. She was heavily influenced by her family's fashion business during her upbringing and worked extra in the Gucci Florence store. She described her early years as being shaped by the Gucci brand, which inspired her creative pursuits.

Career Gucci began her career in the early 1980s as the international public relations representative for the Gucci family business. In this role, she opened 13 Gucci shops globally, also worked as a designer, and organized conferences. She left the company in 1994 after 12 years. She describes her style as “blending abstraction with reality, creating serene depictions of Tuscany landscapes". She has also worked as a journalist for Donna Moderna.

She has featured on 's talk show at Rai 1.

House of Gucci conflict Patrizia Gucci has been vocal in her criticism of the movie House of Gucci, released in 2021, depicting her family history and the murder of Maurizio Gucci, her father's cousin. She accused the director Ridley Scott of exploiting a family tragedy. Many years before its realization, Patrizia and other members of the family had met Scott over dinner to talk about the movie project. She told the news agency AP ahead of the film release:“We are truly disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family. They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system... Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.”