John Wayne

”Created in the 1950s by Gucci’s founder, the loafer was given its trademark horsebit accessory as a nod to the company’s equestrian pretensions. The loafer was modeled, according to legend, on the moccasins worn by the Algonquin tribe of Native Americans. By the ’60s, the Gucci loafer was a status symbol, worn by movie stars from Clark Gable, John Wayne and Fred Astaire to Yul Brynner, Alain Delon and Peter Sellers.” In Gucci’s Rome store, 1960s