Having problems? Face them wearing Prada.


fashionandstylerioterI doubt that there is a person that has not heard the name Prada. I really doubt that. To remind those who forgot about it. Prada is a very old Italian luxury brand, recognized as one of the top fashion brands to have ever existed and today, I’m going to tell you about it.

The company was started in 1913 by Mario Prada and his brother Martino as a leather goods shop – Fratelli Prada – in Milan, Italy. Initially, the shop sold animal goods and imported English steamer trunks and handbags.

Mario Prada did not believe that women should have a role in business, and so he prevented female family members from entering his company. Ironically, Mario’s son harbored no interest in the business, so it was his daughter Luisa Prada, who took the helm of Prada as his successor and ran it for almost twenty years. Her own daughter, Miuccia Prada, joined the company in 1970, eventually taking over for her mother in 1978.

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