http://www.miumiuhandbagoutlet.com Ironically, Mario's son had no interest in the business, so it was his daughter Luisia Prada who took the helm of Prada as his successor, and ran it for almost twenty years. Her own daughter, Miuccia Prada, joined the company in 1970, eventually taking over from her mother in 1978.

Miuccia released her first set of backpacks and totes in 1979. They were made out of a tough military spec black nylon that her grandfather had used as coverings for steamer trunks.