Mario Prada Mario Prada Mario Prada (born in Milan; died in 1958) was the founder and original designer of the fashion label Prada, a company specializing in many high fashion goods for men and women, including shoes, handbags, luggage, and leather goods. Prada was founded in 1913. Prada was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada and his brother Martino as Fratelli Prada (English: "Prada Brothers"). The company was originally headquartered in Milan, Italy. The shop sold leather goods and imported English steamer trunks and handbags. Mario Prada did not believe that women should have a role in business, so he prevented female
Prada City Headquarters open, located in a former Times Square piano factory renovated by the Herzog & de Meuron architecture firm. 2003 - "Garden-Factories" Project - Prada collaborates with architect Guido Canali to rejuvenate the landscape surrounding their manufacturers. In 2004, "Waist Down - Skirts by Miuccia Prada" bowed at the Tokyo Epicenter. A traveling exhibition featuring 100 skirts designed by Miuccia Prada and conceived by curator Kayoko Ota of AMO in collaboration with Mrs. Prada, the exhibition went on to Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles and Seoul. Completed in 2009, Prada commissioned an unusual multi-purpose building from Rem Koolhaus's OMA