Born Maria Bianchi on 10 May 1949 in Milan, she took the name Miuccia Prada in the 1980s, after being adopted by an aunt. Her biological parents were Luigi Bianchi and Luisa Prada. She has two older siblings, Al… See more

Prada trained at the Teatro Piccolo to become a mime artist and performed for five years. She was a member of the Italian Communist Party and was involved in the women's rights movement during the seventies in … See more

Prada deliberately avoids merging high art with fashion, saying "Art is for expressing ideas and for expressing a vision. My job is to sell." See more