PR Newswire
MONTREAL, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Georges Marciano, the original founder of GUESS, is absolutely shocked by a series of false statements he discovered in March 2022, in a YouTube video called "The #GUESS Brand Story: Told By Paul & Maurice Marciano". The story as told and the account of events as recited are plainly wrong, according to Georges Marciano. "Paul makes outrageous false claims about the inception, he history of GUESS and its own involvement therein. He is taking undue credit and is distorting reality in a very concerning way, on the verge of impersonation", says Georges Marciano.
In order to set the record straight – and leave a legacy for his kids – Georges Marciano recalls the true and original story of GUESS:
"I started making ties in Marseille with the label Georges Marciano. My first store in Marseille was called Blow Up – in ready-to-wear, it was later renamed MGA, for Maurice Georges Armand, the first initials of my two brothers and me.
Later, I opened 4 stores on the harbour of Bandol-Cassis-Toulon, etc.
I came on vacation from Bandol to LA in 1977 with my friend Philippe Mevellec, for a week, at the Hilton in Beverly Hills. When we got back to Bandol, I told my two brothers, Armand and Maurice, that I wanted to go back to California to try my luck with Philippe and open a store for the Mackeen brand, a very well-known jeans brand in Marseille, whose owner was a friend – David Mechaly. We left a month later with very little money...
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