1993
A distinct label
Miuccia Prada established Miu Miu as another outlet for her design ideas. Its name comes from her nickname, but its collections form a separate creative world.
The House & Its Designers
Miu Miu
Milan · 1993
Miuccia Prada’s instinctive, irreverent second perspective.
Miu Miu shares a founder with Prada but has its own identity. It makes productive use of contradictions: polished and undone, youthful and sophisticated, familiar and deliberately awkward.
25 photographs · Reviewed August 2026
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01 / The house
The story behind the name.
The materials
Texture as identity
Matelassé leather gives many bags their gathered, quilted surface. Bows, buckles and compact proportions provide other recurring details.
The wardrobe
The everyday reconsidered
Clothes and accessories often revisit ordinary pieces through proportion and styling. Bags such as the Wander and Arcadie carry that approach into recognisable, useful forms.
02 / The designers
The people who shaped the house.
Selected creative chapters; dates distinguish appointments from runway debuts.
Founder
Miuccia Prada
Uses Miu Miu to explore a spontaneous, experimental approach to dress and accessories.
On the runway
Selected looks and details, matched to the house and season.
Miu Miu · Spring 2020 Ready To Wear
Miu Miu · Spring 2024 Ready To Wear
Miu Miu · Fall 2024 Ready To Wear
03 / The bags
A vocabulary in leather and form.
A selection of the house’s designs. Resale photographs illustrate individual examples; size, finish and condition vary.
01
Wander Matelassé
A curved hobo bag with the house’s gathered matelassé texture.
02
Arcadie
A small bowling-shaped top-handle bag, often made in matelassé leather.
03
Madras
A structured leather-bag family recognised for its textured surface.
04
Bow Bag
A soft leather satchel with decorative bows at the sides.
05
Coffer
A gathered leather shoulder bag with a braided handle and front pockets.
06
Confidential
A flap shoulder bag with chain hardware and textured leather.
07
Crystal Bag
An evening-bag style that treats crystal decoration as its main surface.
08
Matelassé Bandoliera
A compact crossbody format in the house’s gathered leather.
09
Beau Bag
A roomy, soft leather bag with elongated handles and a zip opening.
More designs to know
- Solitaire
- A compact leather design from the house’s handbag collection.
- Aventure
- A roomy, supple leather top-handle bag with an archival-inspired shape.
- Pocket Bag
- A practical, pocketed design with a softly structured body.