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- NAME: Miuccia Prada
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer
- BIRTH DATE: May 10, 1949 (Age: 64)
- EDUCATION: University of Milan, Piccolo Teatro
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Milan, Italy
- Full Name: Maria Bianchi Prada
- AKA: Miuccia Prada
- AKA: Maria Prada
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
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Miuccia Prada is an Italian fashion designer best known as the head of Prada, a fashion powerhouse that specializes in luxury goods for men and women.
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Her collections are completely an expression of herself."
In 2010, Prada was the named the McKim Medal Laureate (for achievements in fashion and business) at the Villa Aurelia of the American Academy in Rome. In 2012, an exhibition of Prada's work was showcased, along with that of the late fashion pioneer Elsa Schiaparelli, at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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