There are few designers that can reference their own archives deftly and do so without it looking like they’ve run out of ideas. Miuccia Prada is one of them.
There are few designers that can reference their own archives deftly and do so without it looking like they’ve run out of ideas. Once Miucciahoned in on her obsession with the practical yet pliable “pocone” nylon, which revolutionised the luxury goods world back in 1984, it became the central anchor to Prada’s latest menswear collection; repurposing, recontextualising and ultimately, refreshing her well versed design language for a new generation.
It apparently took Miuccia and her team ages to find the right image of a crowded beach at a man-made resort in Japan. This was an image of tension-filled holidaymaking that married well with the steely grey business suits and corporate beach attire.Prada’s “minimal baroque” spring/sumner 11 collection drove us bananas and inspired so many knock-offs that its seismic effect can still be seen in the counterfeit market today.
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