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Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.

Miuccia Prada

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Miuccia Prada
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 10
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Mime Artist
Milano
Italia
Maria Bianchi
Miuccia Bianchi Prada
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