Prada is an Italian luxury fashion house, specializing in handbags, clothing, accessories, shoes, and fragrances for both men and women. The firm was created in 1913 by Mario Prada although it didn’t come into world wide acclaim until the year 2000 of thereabouts. They first started out making leather goods in Milan Italy…which is ground zero for all things leather.
It is interesting to know that Mario Prada did not believe in women in the workplace so no female family members worked there until much later when Mario’s daughter, Luisa, took over the firm and ran it for 20 years. In 1970 her daughter, Miuccia joined the firm and officially took over in 1978.