History of fashion design second biggest-selling fashion brand (after LVMH) worldwide with US$7 billion worldwide of revenue in 2006 according to BusinessWeek magazine. In the 1990s the designer label Prada became a true creative force in the fashion industry. The Milanese company was first established in 1923, two years after Gucci, and like Gucci, it was a firm that sold high-quality shoes and leather. It was until the 1980s that Miuccia Prada, the niece of the company's founder, began to produce ready-to-wear fashion, gaining fame for her subtle, streamlined, yet unquestionably luxurious style, that catered for the privileged young woman who prefers understatement to
History of Italian fashion Spears, Rihanna, Alexandra Burke, Christina Aguilera, and even Diana, Princess of Wales, were clients of Italian fashion designers. Milan and Rome are important internationally in the fashion industry, along with Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, Paris and New York. Venice, Florence, Naples, Bologna, Genoa, and Turin are other important centers of fashion. Italy's main shopping districts are the Via Montenapoleone fashion district in Milan, the "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele" in Milan, "Via dei Condotti" in Rome, "Via de' Tornabuoni" in Florence, and "Chiaia" in Naples. History of Italian fashion The history of Italian fashion is a chronological record of the events and