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For the French actress, see Miou-Miou.
Miu Miu 
Type Subsidiary Industry Fashion Founded 1993 Headquarters Milan, Italy Parent Prada Website miumiu.com Miu Miu is a high fashion brand from the Prada fashion house, opened in 1993 and headed by Miuccia Prada.[1] The name of the collection is taken from Miuccia Prada’s nickname.[2]
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Stores
There are Miu Miu boutiques situated in Paris, Milano, Firenze, Rome, Venezia, Forte Dei Marmi, Porto Cervo, Bologna, Cannes, London, Glasgow, Madrid, Zurich, St. Moritz, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Moscow, Istanbul, New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Bal Harbour, Honolulu, Melbourne, Singapore, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Yokohama, Hiroshima, Macau, Busan, Seoul, Sydney, and Incheon.
Miu Miu also opened a new store in Honolulu, Hawaii in March 2009. Miu Miu also opened its first independent store in China in the MIX in the city of Shenzhen in 2009.[3]
A new North American store will open in Houston in The Galleria during the summer of 2011 and in Short Hills, New Jersey in the Fall of 2011. Miu Miu has also opened their first Australian boutique at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne.[4] A second will open at Westfield Sydney in 2011
A branch of the Miu Miu chain opened in Glasgow, Scotland in 2010 and is situated in the city's Fraser's department store.[5]
Image
Spokesmodels for the brand have included Katie Holmes,[6] Vanessa Paradis, Kirsten Dunst, Laetitia Casta, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lindsay Lohan, Zhou Xun, Lindsey Wixson, Ginta Lapina and Siri Tollerod.[7] The current spokesmodel is the fourteen year old actress Hailee Steinfeld.
References
- ^ "PRADA GROUP". A History Of Innovation. http://www.pradagroup.com/en.html. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ Constance C. R. White (1998-09-15). "Once a Private Club, Prada Opens Its Doors". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/15/style/once-a-private-club-prada-opens-its-doors.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "miu miu – welcome to Shenzhen". Glass Magazine. 2009. http://www.glassmagazine.co.uk/forum/feature.asp?tid=182. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Luxury brands make Chadstone home". Ragtrader. 2009-08-17. http://www.ragtrader.com.au/news/luxury-brands-make-chadstone-home. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ http://insidelife.mondoraro.org/2011/02/prada-e-miu-miu-alla-conquista-di-glasgow/
- ^ "Confirmed: Katie Holmes for Miu Miu". Grazia. http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2008/11/25/confirmed--katie-holmes-for-miu-miu.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Of the Minute: That Girl". models.com. 2010-1-14. http://models.com/feed/?p=7318. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
External links
Categories:- High fashion brands
- Privately held companies of Italy
- Luxury brands
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