Miuccia Prada Miuccia Prada Miuccia Bianchi Prada (; born Maria Bianchi ; 10 May 1949) is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. The youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, she took over the family-owned luxury goods manufacturer in 1978. Since then, the company has acquired Jil Sander, Helmut Lang and shoemaker Church & Co. In 2002, Prada opened her own contemporary art gallery. In March 2013, she was one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by the "Guardian." In 2014 she was listed as the 75th most
Miuccia Prada Helmut Lang, Jil Sander, and Azzedine Alaïa. The company has expanded into leather goods, shoes, fragrances, and apparel for both men and women. She is now the co-CEO for Prada, together with her husband. In 2010, she designed costumes for the Verdi opera "Attila" at the New York City Metropolitan Opera House. She eschews merging high art with fashion, saying "Art is for expressing ideas and for expressing a vision. My job is to sell." In 1995, 1996, and 1998, she received the VH1 Fashion Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year. In 2004, she is honored by the CFDA