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I was a feminist in the Sixties, and can you imagine? The worst thing I could have done was to be in fashion. It was the most uncomfortable position.

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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Sixties
Thing
Sixty
Feminist
Uncomfortable
Fashion
Position
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