Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada (* 10. May 1949 in Milan as Maria Bianchi ) is co-owner of the fashion company Prada and their creative minds.
Life
Miuccia Prada studied political science at the University of Milan and graduated with a doctorate . She also completed five years of acting and pantomime training with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan . During the 1970s she was a member of the Italian Communist Party and involved in the women's rights movement in Milan.
At the age of 28, Prada took over the family business manufacturing luxury leather goods in Milan. The company was founded by her grandfather in 1913 and then continued by her mother, Luisia. Company founder Mario Prada and his wife Fernanda had two daughters. One of them, Luisia, married Luigi 'Gino' Bianchi in the 1940s, with whom she had three children: Alberto, Marina and Maria (Miuccia). Miuccia Bianchi took her grandfather's surname (or her mother's maiden name ) in the 1980s .
Miuccia Prada is married to Patrizio Bertelli and has two children. She lives in Milan. The majority of the Prada company is owned by her and her siblings Alberto and Marina and her husband Patrizio Bertelli. As chief designer, she created the fashion collections there, including the second line, Miu Miu, named after her nickname .
Miuccia Prada is on the board of directors of the Foundation for Contemporary Art Fondazione Prada in Milan, which was founded in 1995.
Exhibitions
- 2006: Tom Sachs . Catalog.
- 2012: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations - The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prada, Miuccia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Bianchi (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian fashion designer, owner of the Prada fashion company |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |