House of Gucci: crimes that have shaken the fashion world

The Assassination of Gianni Versace, House of Gucci, Last Looks...The criminal stories that have rocked the world of fashion always passionate the directors as much.The latest is none other than Ridley Scott, who was interested in the murder of Maurizio Gucci, boss of the eponymous fashion house, by his ex-wife and their worldly life before the drama.

Carried by a 5 -star cast (Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Leto...), House of Gucci, long shifted and at the project stadium for almost 15 years, promises to be the end of the year event film.

While waiting to discover the feature film, other criminal stories that have taken place in the fashion sector have hit the headlines and passionate the whole world since the 90s.Back on the tragic destinies of journalist, stylist, creator or even a model whose career has turned into a nightmare.

The murder of Maurizio Gucci commanded by his ex-wife

In the pipes since 2006, the film House of Gucci is released (finally) in the cinema on November 24, 2021 and does not linger on the history of the fashion house, but indeed on the marriage then the murder of his bossMaurizio Gucci, grandson of the founder.

If the name Gucci mainly evokes the famous logo, red and green colors and a fairly loaded and ostentatious style, it also refers to an Italian family owned by an empire, which lived a tragedy in the 90s.

Then at the head of the Florentine fashion house, Maurizio Gucci married in 1973 with a certain Patrizia Reggiani with whom he will have two daughters, Allegra and Alessandra.In 1985, the businessman asked for divorce, who was not pronounced until 1991.The two ex-spouses therefore rebuild their lives and their respective affairs are following their course.

However, in 1993, Maurizio Gucci sold its shares from the family business to an investcorp investment fund, for the tidy sum of $ 120 million.Furious to see her ex-husband in Paola crossed, a young interior decorator and no longer benefit from the lifestyle she led when she was married, Patrizia Reggiani commits a hitman to eliminate the manager of the'Gucci company.Guccio Gucci's grandson dies murdered on March 27, 1995 while he is about to enter his office in Milan, hit by 4 balls.

Arrested two years later, the one who was nicknamed the black widow is found guilty and sentenced to 29 years in prison in 1998.Fantasy character until the end, the latter refuses a first early release on the pretext that she would have had to work at her exit, inconceivable situation for the one who never had to do it with her life.Released in 2016, she finally finds a job as a consultant and always shouts on all the roofs that Gucci needs it...

Interpreted by Lady Gaga in the film by Ridley Scott, it seems that Patrizia was outraged not to have been contacted by the international star before the latter accepts the role.Extravagance, when you hold us...To discover at the cinema from November 24, 2021.

The murder of Gianni Versace by an American serial killer

In the late 90s, Giovanni Versace was at the top of his glory.The eponymous house, which he founded in the late 1970s, had a dazzling success after parades praised by the fashion world and awards from all sides.The stars tear the creations of the young Italian, installed in Florida, in Miami who also dresses many singers like Elton John or Madonna.

The career of the baroque creator whose name and universe have persisted is cut off when he finds himself at the center of the obsessions of a serial killer, Andrew Cunanan.The latter draws two bullets in his head, the morning of July 15, 1997 in front of his residence, Casa Casuarina, while the creator went out to have breakfast and buy the last number of Vogue.

This story that hit the headlines and passionate the Americans, was the subject of a season of the American Crime Storyde Ryan Murphy series.The director returns to the murder of the creator in front of his house in Miami, with a high -flying cast that brings Darren Criss, Ricky Martin or Penelope Cruz together.The Assassination of Gianni Versace, by Ryan Murphy, to devour on Netflix.

The murder of two models from a Russian sect

On June 28, 2008, a young model of Kazakh origin was found in the full financial district of Manhattan after falling from the 9th floor of the building where she lived.Police quickly concluded the case in suicide and the investigation stops.

However, the alleged suicide of the top model whose career was already flourishing at only 20 years old continues to be talked about in the late 2000s.

Muse of the Nina perfume of Nina Ricci, she regularly covers fashion magazines like Vogue, she and Glamor, scrolls for many creators like Marc Jacobs and Kenzo and poses for several international advertising campaigns.Ruslana Korshunova, at only 20 years old, had already made a name for himself in the fashion world and took advantage of his success.

If the case could have been quickly forgotten, it remains at the heart of many speculation invalidating the thesis of suicide.Ruslana Korshunova was part of a Russian sect, called pink of the world which would have made her plunge into depression, leading her to suicide.It is not the only top model member of this sect whose lifeless body has been found.Anastasia Drozdova, a mannequin friend with Ruslana, also ended her life in 2009.

Since 2008, the mother of the victim continues to defend the thesis of the murder, based on the place where the body of the girl was found, too far from the building, insinuating as she was pushed.Ruslana Korshunova was also found, roughly cut hair just before her death, when she was precisely known for her long hair and nicknamed Rapunzel.A sordid story that has marked a whole generation of models.

Christa Worthington, the fashion journalist raped and killed in CAPE COD

Successful journalist specializing in fashion, Christa Worthington found herself in spite of herself at the heart of several articles in the American press.

The one who collaborated for the most prestigious fashion magazines like the Harper's Bazaar, Elle or Cosmopolitan is found dead in her house by the sea, not far from Cape Cod in the Massachussets, January 6, 2002.This diverse, which could have hunted another, marked the spirits and aroused the stir in the early 2000s.Indeed, the body of the 46 -year -old fashion journalist was discovered right next to her daughter Ava, 2 and a half years old at the time, healthy and saved, while her mother was raped and stabbed.

During the investigation, suspicions are on Christopher McCowen, a neighborhood garbage man who was sentenced to life prison in 2006, without any possibility of early exit.Today, new elements question the guilt of McCowen which hopes for a new trial.

Since the drama, Christa's daughter, Ava Worthington Jackett was raised by a friend of her mother and continued to see her father Tony Jackett, who was refused to have been refused.

The American channel ABC has also devoted a documentary mini-series on the murder and the investigation A Killing on the Cape.

Sylvie Cachay, the creator of Victoria Secret found dead

Of Peruvian origin, the American Sylvie Cachay became known as a fashion designer, specializing in swimsuits.After having graduated in styling, she first joined Marc Jacobs teams then Tommy Hilfiger before joining the Victoria Secret brand.

Within this prestigious house, she worked as director of creation for the branch swimsuits before founding her own brand called Syla.Harvest by the press, the young woman presented several of her collections during parades but also in magazines like Vogue, Elle or Sports Illustrated.

In the 2000s, everything seems to smile at Sylvie Cachay who managed to make a name for himself in styling at only 30 years old and whose creations become more and more trendy.As a couple with a certain Nicolas Brooks, the young stylist in vogue lived a tumultuous and conflictual relationship with her boyfriend from the school, regularly under the influence of drugs and anti-depressors.

It is the evening of December 9, 2010, in the full district of Soho in New York, that the body of the young woman of 33 years is found in a bathtub of a hotel on 9th avenue.The next day, Sylvie Cachay's companion became the number 1 suspect, was arrested and found guilty of the murder of the stylist by strangulation and drowning.

Nicolas Brooks has been in prison since his sentence to life, even if he will be eligible for parole in 2038.

The Last Looks series returns in particular to this sordid story in one of the episodes of the series, available on the Roku platform.

The assassination of the fashion tsar, Rudolph Moshammer

Among the wacky characters that populate the world of fashion, there are Rudolph Moshammer.This German creator born in 1940 who liked to be noticed by his eccentricities and his kitsch clothes, had small airs of Dali and was always accompanied by his acolyte Daisy, a small dog, like Choupette de Karl Lagerfeld.

Bon vivant and always present at worldly events, Rudolph Moshammer called himself the fashion tsar and found his inspiration with characters like Louis II of Bavaria.Couturier darling of many magicians or Schwarzenegger, he was murdered on January 14, 2005 in his property in Grünwald, in the suburbs of Munich.

The investigation quickly turned to a young man of Iraqi origin who had been seen in the car of the fashion designer and whose DNA traces had been found on the crime scene.An argument would have broken out between the two men about the sum to pay for the sexual services of Herisch Ali Abdullah, 26 years old at the time.She ended with the murder of Rudolph Moshammer, strangled with a telephone cable.Judged in November 2005, the Iraqi was found guilty and sentenced to life prison.

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