As the story goes, founder Guccio Gucci’s son was known for his bamboo walking sticks. At the time, leather was scarce because of WWII and he realized that Gucci might be able to use bamboo as a ...

‘Bamboo has been linked to Gucci since the 1940s,’ explains Pestellini Laparelli to Wallpaper* in the run-up to the exhibition’s opening. ’The iconic bamboo-handled bag was launched in 1947, which was ...