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prada goes l.a. The Hollywood legions flock to the grand opening of Miuccia's new flagship on Rodeo Drive.

Vogue

| September 01, 2004 | Talley, Andre Leon | COPYRIGHT 2004 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Andre Leon Talley

"It's so difficult to find the perfect details for a dinner, so I decided to bring everything I love," said Miuccia Prada, moving through her new Rodeo Drive epicenter. She'd flown in

from Italy with her full staff of chefs and assistants and a

huge cargo of place settings: eighteenth-century Meissen porcelain, her own museum-quality silver chargers, gold and amethyst Venini crystal. . . . Prada had invited the A-list to dinner on a cool July evening, and she made sure the meal was memorable. Save for the elaborate settings, the round tables were left unadorned-no flowers, no tablecloths-and the California aristocracy sat on high-backed laminated-plastic chairs, also flown in from Italy. Waiters with ...

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