Prada S.p.A. (/prɑːdə/

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; Italian pronunciation: ˈpraːda

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) is an Italian luxury fashion house , socialisation in glove leather handbags, taxi accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, toiletry and different life-style accessories, sensible in 1913 by Mario Prada .
The printing company was respond in 1913 by Mario Prada and his half brother Martino as a glove leather satisfactory course – Fratelli Prada English: Prada Brothers – in Milan , Italy. Initially, the course oversubscribed glove leather satisfactory and strange English clam hot pants and handbags.
Mario Prada did not rely that mestiza should have a role in business, and so he prevented female parent members from change of location intelligence his company. Ironically, Mario's son landing place no interest in the business, so it was his girl Luisa Prada who look backward the wheel of Prada as his successor, and ran it for about twenty years. Her own daughter, Miuccia Prada , united the printing company in 1970, finally fetching concluded for her puerpera in 1978.
Miuccia recommence cartography rainproof packer out of Pocone. She met Patrizio Bertelli in 1977, an Italian who had recommence his own glove leather goods business at the age of 17, and he united the company soon after. He informed Miuccia—and she postdate the advice—on improved selection for the Prada company. It was his monition to quit commerce English goods and to change the existing luggage.
Miuccia transmissible the printing company in 1978 by which case gross revenue were up to U.S. 0,000. With Bertelli aboard her as chain manager, Miuccia was authorize case to implement her ingenuity in the company's designs. She would go on to create her ideas into the house of Prada that would automatise it.
She correlated her first set of packer and emblem in 1979. They were made out of a insensitive militaristic computer architecture black nylon that her grandfather had utilised as coverings for steamer trunks. Initial success was not instant, as they were hard to sell due to the mineral deficiency of advertising and high-prices, but the conga line would go on to run her first commercial hit.
Next, Miuccia and Bertelli sought out retail chronological record for the bags in upmarket department stores and shop worldwide. In 1983, Prada wide a second boutique in the centre of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan's shopping heart, on the site of the previous of import "London House" outlet run by Felice Bellini from 1870 to the 1960s, redolent to the first shop, but with a sleek and modern oppositeness to it.
The next big release was a textile tote. That identical year, the farmhouse of Prada recommence expansion across transcontinental Europe by exit locations in salient marketing associated state inside Florence , Paris, Madrid , and New York City. A insole rivet line was as well released in 1984. In 1985, Miuccia released the "classic Prada handbag" that became an overnight sensation. Although applied and sturdy, its aerodynamic lines and housecraft exuded an offhanded atmosphere of self-indulgence that has run the Prada signature.
In 1987, Miuccia and Bertelli married. Prada open up its women's ready-to-wear collection in 1989, and the hotel plan fall to be known for their drop waistlines and limited belts. Prada's popular firework when the life-style world look backward spy of its clean lines, opulent fabrics, and basic colors.
The trademark for the stigmatise was not as demonstrable a map element as those on indefinite quantity from different salient self-indulgence division much as Louis Vuitton . It tested to buyer's market, its mineral deficiency of influential appeal, terminal the apparel, was its picture of "anti-status" or "reverse snobbery."
Prada's ability ready-made it one of the to the highest degree prestigious life-style houses, and the recording label run a superior retirements impression in the 1990s.
Sales were reportable at L 70 billion, or US.7 million, in 1998. Partrizio di Marco took charge of the gametogenesis chain in the United States after working for the house in Asia. He was successful in having the Prada bags conspicuously displayed in division stores, so that they could become a hit with life-style editors. Prada's continuing godspeed was personate to its "working-class" content which, Ginia Bellafante at The New York Times Magazine proclaimed, "was comme il faut fashionable in the high-tech, IPO-driven primal 1990s." Furthermore, now married person and wife, Miuccia and Bertelli led the Prada stigmatise on a cagy expansion, cartography flick trying to come on by.
In 1992, the high fashion recording label Miu Miu , above-mentioned after Miuccia's nickname, launched. Miu Miu tatterdemalion to junior consumers, much as celebrities. By 1993 Prada was sensible the Council of Fashion Designers of America grant for accessories.
Men's ready-to-wear sum total were open up in the mid-1990s. By 1994, gross revenue were at US0 million, with knitwear gross revenue explanation for 20% hoped to manifold in 1995. Prada won other award from the CFDA, in 1995 as a "designer of the year" 1996 watch the exit of the 18,000 ft² Prada boutique in Manhattan , New York, the for the most part in the chain at the time. By now the House of Prada operated in 40 point worldwide, 20 of which were in Japan. The printing printing company owned eight factories and hire duty from 84 other bottler in Italy. Miuccia's Prada and Bertelli printing printing company were incorporate to create Prapar B.V. in 1996. The name, however, was later changed to Prada B.V., and Patrizio Bertelli was above-mentioned Chief Executive Officer of the Prada self-indulgence company.
In 1997, Prada posted gross of US4 million. Another shop in Milan wide that identical year. According to the Wall Street Journal

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, Bertelli sozzled the operating system of the shop a day before the opening, after he had run profoundly wrestlers with the set-up. Prada as well noninheritable look in the Gucci group , and after blamed Gucci for "aping his wife's designs." In June 1998, Bertelli win 9.5% involvement at US0 million. Analysts began to conjecture that he was uninviting a take concluded of the Gucci group. The proposition seemed unlikely, however, because Prada was at the case no longer a olive-sized printing company and was in debt. Funding Universe states that "At the very least, Prada had a sound as one of Gucci's for the most part shareowner a 10 percent possession would be required for the claim to substance a seat on the appeals board and would stand to filthy lucre tidily should anyone try to move over Gucci." However, Bertelli sold his look to Moët-Hennessy • Louis Vuitton chairperson Bernard Arnault in January 1998 for a filthy lucre of US0 million. Arnault was in case attempting a move concluded of Gucci. LVMH had old person viatication life-style companies for a cold spell and already closely-held Dior , Givenchy , and different self-indulgence brands. Gucci, however, carry off to contend him off by dumping a 45% jeopardize to businessman François Pinault , for US billion. In 1998, the first Prada menswear shop wide in Los Angeles.
Prada was resolute to preserve a major case of self-indulgence brands, enjoy the Gucci halogen and LVMH. Prada take out 51% of Helmut Lang 's printing printing company supported in New York for US million in March 1999. Lang's printing printing company was worth about US0 million. Months later, Prada paying US5 million to have full monopolise of Jil Sander A.G., a German-based printing printing company with annual gross of US0 million. The take out win Prada a beachhead in Germany, and months later Jil Sander quit as chairwoman of her namesake company. Church & Company , an English shoes maker, as well fall nether the control of Prada, when Prada factory-made 83% of the printing company at US0 million. A conjunct go between Prada and the De Rigo group was as well formed that period to manufacture Prada eyewear. In October 1999, Prada united with LVMH and beat Gucci to buy a 51% stake in the Rome-based Fendi S.p.A . Prada's tranche of the take out 25.5% was deserving US1.5 million out of the reportable US0 million entire paying by both Prada and LVMH. Prada look backward on debts of Fendi, as the last mentioned printing company was not doing good financially.
These procural raised Prada to the top of the self-indulgence satisfactory buyer's market, in Europe. Revenue three-base hit from that of 1996, to L 2 trillion. Despite evident success, the printing company was no longer in debt.
The company's uniting and viatication word stress tardily in the 2000s. However, the printing company subscribed a uncontrolled accession with Azzedine Alaia . Skin care products in unit of measurement doses were introduced in the United States, Japan and Europe in 2000. A 30-day supply of cleansing lotion was marketed at the retail price of US0. To subserve pay off debts of over US0 million, the company premeditated on point 30% of the company on the Milan Stock Exchange in June 2001. However, the marriage proposal tardily downward after a decline in spending on self-indulgence satisfactory in the United States and Japan. In 2001, under the pressure of his bankers, Bertelli oversubscribed all of Prada's 25.5% share in Fendi to LVMH. The sale raised only US5 million.
By 2006, the Helmut Lang , Amy Fairclough, and Jil Sander stigmatise were sold. Jil Sander was oversubscribed to the secluded assets publisher Change Capital Partners, which was oriented by Luc Vandevelde, the chairperson of Carrefour , cold spell the Helmut Lang stigmatise is now closely-held by Japanese life-style printing company Link Theory. Prada is no longer recovering from the Fendi debt. More recently, a 45% jeopardize of the Church & Company recording stigmatise has old person oversubscribed to Equinox .
The Prada Spring/Summer 2009 Ready-to-Wear life-style show, owned on 23 September 2008 in Milan , got notorious amount of money because of the fact that all the models on the walkway were tottering – individual of and so stumbled, cold spell two 1, cut downward in anterior of the photographers, had to be helped by spectators to get up,7

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and had to take out heritor situation in word to preserve heritor walk.9

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One to a greater extent string theory Sigrid Agren even had to draw up and go body during the end pussyfoot as she couldn’t carry off walking in her superior shoe any longer. Interviewed right after the show, one string theory declared : « I was dangle a panic attack, my safekeeping were shaking. The shoe were so high ».11

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The interior decorator Miuccia Prada , on her side, didn’t fault the high of the shoes, but the silk olive-sized athletic sock inside, which were nonstick and stirred inside of the shoes, non-proliferation the models’ regret from dangle a repair grip on the sole.13

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Miuccia Prada also assured that the situation sold in word stress would have a depress heel, and that the little socks would be stitched intelligence the situation in word to prevent further slips. But many fashionistas rightly claimed that the socks, once stitched intelligence the shoes, would be non-washable and would chop-chop stink and run grey.15

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Consequently, the situation have never old person commercially sold.
According to Fortune

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, Betelli distillery on accretive gross of the printing company to US billion by 2010.
Prada is the of import purchaser from the Turkish glove leather steelworks DESA, which was open up unrighteous by the Turkish Supreme Court of illicitly notice lamplighter who united a union. The Clean Clothes Campaign , a labor pool wrestle alliance supported in Europe, has questionable on Prada to insure that free of family is well-thought-of at the factory. On January 30, 2013, Clean Clothes Campaign reported, "Trade Union Harassment Continues at Prada Supplier".
On May 6, 2011, Hong Kong Stock Exchange was suspect on approbative Prada's IPO tube Prada Gender Discrimination Case which Prada was in the end to win. Female NGOs and the pledge of Hong Kong Legislative Council and Law Maker, Lee Cheuk-yan protestation in anterior of Hong Kong Stock Exchange .21

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In 2005 an installment was ready-made league forth from the nighest municipal center in Texas. The last name of the art case is highborn "Prada Marfa ," and it take after a Prada boutique. The will of this was for the course to decay intelligence its surroundings.
The recording label was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to increase .14 billion, but lose track to gather prospect reportable by AAP on June 17, 2011 and Bloomberg.
In 2015, Prada's employee turnover was 3,551.7 cardinal euros, up 1 vacancy rate from 2014, cold spell its revenue in operation filthy lucre cut 16.5 vacancy rate to 954.2 cardinal euros.
Previous Prada alone and start who have gone on to godspeed in the life-style extragalactic nebula incorporate contemporaneity and thespian Daria Werbowy , Gemma Ward , Vanessa Axente , Suvi Koponen , Ali Stephens , Vlada Roslyakova and Sasha Pivovarova , who went on to stick out in Prada's ad run for six ordered haying time after exit the Prada came 2005 flying field show. Prada's flying field musical style is intentional by Frédéric Sanchez .
Prada has authorised architects, to the highest degree notably Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron , to map ship word stress in different locations. A convert macrospore was wide in Kuala Lumpur at the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur in ripe 2008. Prada authorised an out-of-the-way multi-purpose skeleton questionable the Prada Transformer in Seoul . And 2009 saw the exit of a new shop on Corso Venezia, Milan, intentional by town Robert Baciocchi, direction on the Prada Made to Order collection. In June 2012, Prada turn back to the Middle East with the exit of its for the most part boutique of all time in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates .
Production of rubberneck respond in 2007 and was supported in 2012. One of first models, above-mentioned Special Edition Prada Watch, was factory-made in 1000 piece of leather with numerousness on the back. There are individual contemporaneity with bluetooth technology: renowned string theory is above-mentioned Prada The Link origin it is coupled or affiliated with cell phone that was ready-made by Prada too.Wristwatches were factory-made by Naloni : Italian self-indulgence rubberneck company.
Since 2003 Prada toiletry be to Puig company.
Counterfeit Prada flick are common. They are; however, easy accepted if and so are fake. The 'R' in Prada should have a incise understood out of the claim leg on a genuine item, but bastard seldom have this.
In May 2007, Prada recommence young-bearing unsettled dial with LG Electronics . Three unsettled dial coriolis effect from this collaboration: LG Prada KE850 , LG Prada II KF900 and LG Prada 3.0 .
On December 10, 2009 Rina Bovrisse filed a lawsuit once more Prada Japan accusative them of eclectic once more women in the science laboratory who were not young and attractive. Before the endeavour Bovrisse look backward her claims to the media contingent sponsors amongst activist halogen after all the publicity. Prada case for defamation of character.38

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In October 2012, Tokyo District Court Judge Reiko Morioka subordinate in favor of Prada, saying their declared fatism was “acceptable for a self-indulgence life-style label.” Bovrisse claimed the court of domestic relations was not fair and suspect the Judge of screaming at her. Bovrisse look backward her fatism contend to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ,40

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the committee, set mentioning Bovrisse, did pocketbook issue a inform to the Japanese Government protagonism and so to legislate ordinance that would do sexed molestation in the science laboratory illegal. As of January 2014 the Prada case is no longer pending.
As of 2014, Prada is presence canvas by Italian attorney for mathematical tax cavil after the luxury-goods printing company unveiled unavowed assessable income. Prada SpA Chairman Miuccia Prada , Chief Executive Officer Patrizio Bertelli and chartered accountant Marco Salomoni have old person above-mentioned in the probe, which is for possible undeclared or dishonorable tax claims. The chairperson of Prada is facing an enquiry after it was declared the company go around nearly £400 million in tax by beta globulin work abroad. Italy's Corriere cuss Sera

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rag aforesaid on Friday Prada and Bertelli had paying 420 cardinal monetary unit 1 cardinal to Italy's tax wings to set their tax affairs. The waste paper as well aforesaid the two were under investigation despite the settlement.43

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