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I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.

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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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Tried
Women
Great
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Lace
Obsession

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