"Fashion is a third of my life, the second third is represented by culture and the Prada Foundation, then there are family and friends, and maybe some pleasure. In reality, they all overlap. I try to make sure that my life is useful", says Miuccia Prada in an interview for the March issue of Vogue Italia.
A left-wing woman, with a doctorate in Political Science, as well as a former member of the Italian Communist Party who, in her time, marched for women's rights: "I always thought that there were only two noble professions: politics and medicine Making clothes was like a nightmare for me
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I was so ashamed, but I did it anyway. The love for beautiful things prevailed."
She doesn't like the word luxury and explains: "I work for a luxury company, which is not easily reconcilable with a political position like mine. This has always been the biggest contradiction of my life."
What is fashion for?
"To give us the opportunity to express our personal vision of the world. Otherwise, I think, it would be useless. Seeing women only as beautiful silhouettes? No, I - he states - try to respect them. I tend not to make super-sexy clothes. I try to be creative in a way that can be worn, that can be useful. In me - he continues - multiple personalities coexist. There is the feminine part and the masculine part, the gentle one and the tough one".
74 years old, petite and regal, she created the fashion brands Prada and Miu Miu and together with her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, heads the Prada Group, a luxury hub of global stature, with 4.2 billion euros in net revenues (to 2022) and over 13 thousand employees.
"When they tell me that we sponsor culture, I reply that, no, we want to be part of its creation. It's not about money, but about uniting efforts, bringing people together, proposing and finding solutions. In those who are mine In recent years, I have been trying to be more political, more effective."
Reserved, she has become a grandmother: "I don't know how children are raised today. Furthermore, raising them means dealing with the media, smartphones and so on, all things I don't master. But I think I'll be a good grandmother. those that teach, but are also fun."
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