Miuccia Prada

Miuccia Prada ( born May 10, 1949 in Milan as Maria Bianchi ) is co-owner of the fashion company Prada and their creative minds.

Life

Prada created there, among other things, the fashion label Miu Miu. She studied Political Science and graduated with a doctorate. In addition, she completed a five-year drama and mime training with Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.

As a 28 -year-old Prada took over the family business for the production of luxury leather goods in Milan. The company was founded in 1913 by her grandfather and then continued by her mother, Luisia. The company founder Mario Prada and his wife Fernanda had two daughters. One of them, Luisia, married in the 1940s Luigi ' Gino ' Bianchi, with whom she had three children: Alberto, Marina, and Maria ( Miuccia ). Miuccia Bianchi took in the 1980s, the last name of her grandfather (or the maiden name of her mother ).

Miuccia Prada, Patrizio Bertelli is married and mother of two children. She lives in Milan. The company is majority owned by Prada her and her siblings Alberto and Marina and her husband Patrizio Bertelli.

Exhibitions

• 2012 Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations - The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art