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Article: PRADA 90210.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- July 14, 2004
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Byline: Kristin Young
BEVERLY HILLS -- Miuccia Prada, jet-lagged and in dire need of an espresso, surveyed the newest jewel in the Prada empire. The empress was pleased.
The company is set to open its long-awaited Epicenter here Friday, which just might nudge aside architect Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall as Los Angeles' newest architectural phenomenon.
"It's not only beautiful," she said. "It has content and a specific point of view. Now I have to create merchandise and objects beautiful enough for the space. That by itself is the challenge. What is really interesting is this is an experimental space. I can design things for it and ...