At Prada, Two Iconic Bags For The New Season

Anyone who has stepped a well-heeled foot inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milano will speak of its grandeur. This 19th-century glass-topped, barrel-vaulted thoroughfare is a lively and colourful high-end shopping arcade, and home to Prada’s first boutique—now 112 years old—and a Prada pastry cafe. While delighting in a pistachio cake, what many may not realise is the Maison’s famous Galleria bag was actually named after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Conceived…