PRADA: Strength Not Decorum for Fall 2022 on the Milan Fashion Week Runway

Prada delivered strength, not decorum or daintiness for Fall 2022 at the Milan Fashion Week runway and here are some highlights!

“You want to live again, to be inspired. And to learn from the lives of people.” Prada

“The silhouette didn’t reach the extremes of the men’s collection last month, but the proportions—of black coat dresses draped with askew pearl necklaces, of leather trenches in black and shocking pink—were exaggerated. The shapes conveyed strength, not the decorum or daintiness that the lingerie foundation underneath might suggest.

As has become their practice, Prada and Simons were looking back at past Prada collections. “I think of revolutionary moments in Prada’s history, and we echo them here,” Simons said in his statement. “There are never direct recreations, but there is a reflection of something you know, a language of Prada.” Scrolling through the archive to find the reference isn’t the point, though fashion obsessives will have lots to work with here. More interesting is how together they made something sort of implausible—like, say, a herringbone coat with that proportion-shifting acid green faux fur treatment on the sleeves—suddenly look right.” – Vogue