{"id":22483,"date":"2021-05-10T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=22483"},"modified":"2021-05-11T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T12:34:11","slug":"miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Miuccia Prada!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22513 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1178366576-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"muicca prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Chris Moore\/Catwalking\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">May 10, 2021:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/prada-fall-winter-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miuccia Prada&#8217;s<\/a> 73rd birthday! The leading Italian fashion designer has impeccably dressed countless women for several decades, and she&#8217;s best known as the Italian luxury fashion house&#8217;s head designer. She&#8217;s the youngest granddaughter of Mario Prada, who founded the label in 1913. Miuccia stepped in to revive the brand in the 70s, ultimately transforming it into the fashion powerhouse it&#8217;s recognized as today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before Miuccia Prada became, well, Miuccia Prada, she was Maria Bianchi. Long before starting her career in fashion, she diligently studied at the University of Milan and finished triumphantly with a Ph.D. in political science in 1973. It wasn&#8217;t until 1985 that the creative made her impressive debut in the fashion world with the introduction of the black nylon handbags as backpacks that quickly earned the attention of the fashion world.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Today, the designer is at the helm of billon dollar fashion house Prada and the founder of its subsidiary <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miu-miu-fall-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miu Miu<\/a>, established in 1993. Ahead,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GRAZIA\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">celebrates the iconic fashion revolutionary by looking back at her most iconic moments with the brand through the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"p266\">1988:<\/span><span id=\"p267\"> Miuccia <span id=\"328\">Prada<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"724-725\" class=\"s-ja-t\">presented<\/span> her first fall-winter <span id=\"347\">collection<\/span>\u00a0in Milan\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22545\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Prada-1988.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Prada\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"p267\">The collection was <span id=\"726-727\" class=\"s-ja-t\">focused<\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0<span id=\"374\">clean<\/span>\u00a0lines and silhouettes meant to be\u00a0<span id=\"379\">timelessly<\/span>\u00a0chic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"p271\">2007:<\/span><span id=\"p272\">\u00a0The Silk Turban\u00a0<span id=\"730-731\" class=\"s-ja-t\">is<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<span id=\"380-650\" class=\"s-ja-t\">standout<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<span id=\"331\">Prada<\/span>&#8216;s spring-summer 2007\u00a0<span id=\"303-651-652\" class=\"s-rg s-ja-t\">RTW<\/span><span id=\"651-652\" class=\"s-ja-t\">\u00a0women<\/span>&#8216;s\u00a0<span id=\"351-653-654\" class=\"s-ja-t\">collection<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22511 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-72016107-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"muicca prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Chris Moore\/Catwalking\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"p272\"><span id=\"332\">Prada<\/span>\u00a0brought back the\u00a0social trend\u00a0of the early glamour days.<\/span><span id=\"p273\">\u00a0<span id=\"657-658\" class=\"s-ja-t\">Most<\/span> of the turbans were jewel-toned, naturally evoking the <span id=\"659-660\" class=\"s-ja-t\">spirit<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0glorious summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"p276\">2012:<\/span><span id=\"p277\">\u00a0The\u00a0<span id=\"305\">Fired-Up<\/span>\u00a0Stiletto\u00a0<span id=\"381\">adorned<\/span> the spring-summer 2012 runway <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22508 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-126186227-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"muicca prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" data-gz_credit=\"Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"p278\">This fiery stiletto was impossible to miss on the spring-summer 2012 <span id=\"306-671-672\" class=\"s-rg s-ja-t\">runway.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"p274\">2018:<\/span><span id=\"p275\" class=\"\"><span id=\"p275-pl\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"304-p275-pl\" class=\"s-rg-t\">Miuccia<\/span><span id=\"p275-pl\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"333-p275-pl\">Prada<\/span><span id=\"p275-pl\">\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"734-p275-pl\">awarded<\/span><span id=\"p275-pl\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"313-p275-pl\">Outstanding Achievement Award<\/span><span id=\"p275-pl\"> <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22509 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1071526446-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"muicca prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-gz_credit=\"John Phillips\/BFC\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prada received the Outstanding Achievement Award presented by the British fashion council.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span id=\"p279\">2019:<\/span><\/strong><span id=\"p280\"><strong><span id=\"p280-pl\">\u00a0The iconic Prada Nylon\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"338-p280-pl\">makes<\/span><span id=\"p280-pl\">\u00a0a comeback with a\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"359-p280-pl\">new<\/span><\/strong><span id=\"p280-pl\"><strong> reedition<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22505 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1207509201-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"muicca prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-gz_credit=\"Arnold Jerocki\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The nylon bag that made its initial appearance in the 80s and quickly became a notable hit when reintroduced in 2019 took the new age fashion crowd by storm. The bag instantly became a hit again with It girls Bella Hadid, Kylie Jenner, and more.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"p282\"><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span id=\"p283\">2019:<\/span><span id=\"p284\"> The padded headband instantly becomes THE <span id=\"683\" class=\"s-ja-t\">accessory<\/span>\u00a0of the\u00a0<span id=\"684-685\" class=\"s-ja-t\">year<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22501 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/headband.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Miucca Prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Yanshan Zhang\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Creating cult favorites isn&#8217;t anything new to Prada. However, the padded headband took off as the hair accessory of the year almost immediately.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span id=\"p287\">2020:<\/span><span id=\"p288\">\u00a0<span id=\"309-317\">Raf<\/span><span id=\"317\">\u00a0Simons<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"745-746\" class=\"s-ja-t\">joins<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"310\">Miuccia<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"335\">Prada<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0<span id=\"361\">co-creative<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"364\">director<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22502 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/Prada-Raf.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"miuccia prada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"832\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Sean Zanni\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prada established a collaborative partnership with Belgian talented designer <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/breaking-raf-simons-is-at-prada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raf Simons<\/a>. Previously the creative director at Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, and Jil Sander, the designer, joined Prada as co-creative director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29043,"featured_media":22513,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Miuccia Prada: Most Iconic Moments in Fashion History: Pics - Grazia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To celebrate the 73rd birthday of Miuccia Prada, GRAZIA takes a look back at her most iconic moments for the Italian luxury fashion house\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Birthday, Miuccia Prada!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To celebrate the 73rd birthday of Miuccia Prada, GRAZIA takes a look back at her most iconic moments for the Italian luxury fashion house\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-11T12:34:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1178366576-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/miuccia-prada-fashion-moments-history\/\",\"name\":\"Miuccia Prada: Most Iconic Moments in Fashion History: Pics - 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