Bottega Veneta (clothing brand)

Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan , Italy . Its product lines for men and women include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, jewelry and fragrances. Bottega Veneta was founded in 1966 in Vicenza , Veneto , by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro. His Intrecciato leather weaving was an instant success. After the company was bought by the Gucci Group in 2001, a new pulse of “stealth wealth” revived Bottega Veneta. In 2006, the company opened the Scuola dei Maestri Pellettieri di Bottega Veneta (leather crafts school), which since 2013 has been installed in its new workshop in Montebello Vicentino. Bartolomeo Rongone has been the CEO of Bottega Veneta since September 2019  and Matthieu Blazy the creative director since November 2021.  Bottega Veneta operates 268 stores for 3,754 employees and generated 1,140 billion euros in sales (2020).  Bottega Veneta is a subsidiary of luxury group Kering.
Bottega Veneta was founded in 1966 in Vicenza , Italy  by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro. Producing handcrafted leather goods, the brand developed a distinctive leather weaving design, the Intrecciato , which instantly became Bottega Veneta's iconic look.  " When your initials suffice " became the brand's historic slogan because the worked Intrecciato made Bottega Veneta products instantly recognizable and its logo only appeared discreetly on the inside of the products. 
In 1972, Bottega Veneta opened its first US store in New York City.  In the mid-1970s, the company began manufacturing footwear. Renzo Zengiaro left the company at the end of the 1970s. Michele Taddei then handed over the company to his ex-wife Laura Braggion, who went on to run the company with her second husband, Vittorio Moltedo.  She moved to New York to develop the company and became a member of the local jetset.  In 1980, actress Lauren Hutton carried a Bottega Veneta Intrecciato handbag in the film American Gigolo.  In 1985, Andy Warhol made the short film Bottega Veneta Industrial Videotape. During the 1990s, Bottega Veneta launched its first ready-to-wear collection. In February 2001, the former Gucci Group acquired Bottega Veneta for $156 million.  The following May, Patrizio di Marco was named CEO, and in June Tomas Maier was named creative director.  Vogue coined the term “stealth wealth” to describe the brand's new style.
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