Five ways Prada mixed work and play in spring-summer show at Milan Fashion Week
The label’s new womenswear collection seemed more restrained and commercial than usual, perhaps in response to a drop in sales in Asia
A set like a steel cage, sloping catwalk (perhaps an allusion to women on an upward career path) and screens featuring clips of Fast Forward, a short film created by Miuccia Prada and American writer/director David O. Russell made for another thought-provoking environment for a Prada show.
The label has suffered a drop in sales in Asia, and designer Miuccia Prada may have been feeling the pressure, because this was one of her most commercial and restrained collections in a while (with the exception of the playful footwear and covetable bags).
These were five top trends from the show:
1. Lots of boldly coloured broken checks, wrap skirts, big knickers and abundant feathery trims sums up spring for Prada. Playful feathers fluff up shoes, bags, silk pyjamas, bralets and slit or wrap skirts.
