FACCHINI'S DREAM: LUXE EMPIRE GOAL ENDS AT FIN.PART. From: WWD | Date: January 26, 2004| Author: Kaiser, Amanda | COPYRIGHT 2004 Fairchild Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MILAN -- Sitting in his Milan office, Fin.part founder Gianluigi Facchini views a collection of Napoleonic memorabilia he has amassed throughout the years.

That which once was an inspiration now offers a stark vision of how his own attempt at empire building and the subsequent decline resembled that of the famed Frenchman. Facchini dreamed of forming a multibrand luxury goods group in the spirit of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Gucci Group N.V. But at this point...