Another showpiece location is Maurizio’s father Rodolfo Gucci’s Milan home, the Villa Necchi Campiglio (00 39 276 340121; fondaambiente.it) a 1930s masterpiece by architect Piero Portaluppi. With a magical garden, the house is now a museum but was the former home of sisters Gigina and Nedda Necchi and Gigina’s husband, Angelo Campiglio. The family business imported sewing machines and just like the film, the house was a society hotspot known for its elegant parties, boasting an enviable art collection with works by Tiepolo, Canaletto, Picasso, Modigliani and Matisse. 

Stay: At the luxurious Palazzo Parigi, a favourite of the fashion crowd and where Lady Gaga resided while in Milan. Doubles from £806 including breakfast (00 39 02 625625; palazzoparigi.com). Keeping with the fashion theme, other cast and crew stayed at the Armani Hotel, a study in restrained opulence with views of the Duomo. Doubles from £457 including breakfast (00 39 02 883 8888; armanihotelmilano.com).

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Birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence was also the birthplace of the Gucci dynasty’s brand, where Guccio Gucci when it first started selling leather goods from a shop on the Via della Nuova Vigna. 

Although it wasn’t used as a location, the Tuscan capital, Florence, is the brand’s spiritual home and where you can find the Gucci Garden (00 39 055 7592 7010; gucci.com). A celebration of all things double-G, it is set in Florence’s historic Palazzo della Mercanzia on the Piazza della Signoria, with a museum chronicling the brand’s rich history and selling one-of-a-kind clothing, gifts and homewares.