Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli Next Up For Costume Institute Exhibit — Plus Themes From the Past


Updated 08/26/11 9:45 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Costume Institute to Showcase Miuccia Prada For Spring 2012

This year's success of the Costume Institute's Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit left us wondering how the MET was going to top the record-breaking show. WWD just reported that the Costume Institute’s Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton have chosen to showcase the work of Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli for its next exhibit in Spring 2012. More details to come, but, for now, see who else Read more

Prada Spring 2012


Updated 01/17/12 3:26 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Prada Spring 2012

Miuccia Prada revved it up in more ways than one for Prada's Spring collection in a runway show, named "Women and Car Engines," adorned with giant toy cars referenced to show the Italian man's (stereotypical) love for women and cars. Only Prada can show this meaning in a sweet '50s-themed story showing diaphanous high-waist pleated skirts paired with bandeau tops, lace-print car coats, and Read more

Runway Retrospective: Prada


Updated 09/20/11 1:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Prada Runway Retrospective

Though it started as a leather goods shop in 1913 by brothers Martino and Mario Prada, Mario's great granddaughter Miuccia Prada would transform the company into the design powerhouse it is today. First would be her line of waterproof backpacks and totes in 1979 that would go on to inspire the release of Prada's definitive nylon totes and handbags in 1984. In 1989, Miuccia and her partner, Read more

2011 Fall Paris Fashion Week: Miu Miu


Updated 10/05/11 2:52 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fall 2011 Paris Fashion Week: Miu Miu 2011-03-09 15:01:42

Miuccia Prada showed her Fall collection for Miu Miu today, which she described as "sweet, charming, feminine, nice — and always thinking of the important woman." The genesis? A '40s-inspired collection that was given a dose of modernity in the way of floral or bird print wrap dresses paired with tilted baseball caps and glittery platform heels, or even a wool suit remixed with a boyish top and Read more

2011 Fall Milan Fashion Week: Prada


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Fall 2011 Milan Fashion Week: Prada

Prada Fall might just be the work of a childlike fantasy. Miuccia Prada, who two seasons ago gave us lace and bombshell silhouettes, claimed she wanted to explore innocence within glamour. Turn back the clocks, to when we crept into our mother's closet and pulled out everything we shouldn't touch — python, furs, shiny paillettes, organza — and then combined it all into one glorious outfit, Read more