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Milan Fashion Week: Prada reimagines cold weather wear for autumn/winter 2021 as designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons look to sequins, fake fur and second-skin body suits

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Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection offers a brighter take on cold weather classics, including tight jacquard-knit bodysuits, black jumpsuits, zip purses and pinstripe jackets. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Italian fashion house Prada reworked wardrobe classics for its autumn line at Milan Fashion Week, with designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons saying they were inspired by the idea of change and transformation.

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection was unveiled in a live-streamed show at Milan Fashion Week. Photo: Handout via Reuters

In a video shared online as part of a virtual Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, February 25, models strutted in layered outfits in an array of prints and colours as part of the autumn/winter 2021-2022 collection.

There are many more contrasts in this collection – retro and futuristic, embellished and minimal, sports and elegance – because we are combining them, hybridising them, creating something that seems new
Raf Simons, designer, Prada
Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Prada and Simons, who joined the brand as co-creative director last year, presented tight jacquard-knit bodysuits in mixed prints, which were made to appear as a second skin.

Navy and grey pinstripe suits were reimagined as jackets with short scrunched sleeves worn with matching skirts with slits or ankle-length trousers.

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Models, who walked between rooms with marble or fake fur floors, wore coats in bright colours adorned in sparkling paillettes or with exaggerated sleeves.

Outerwear included wraps in fake fur, re-nylon and sequins, and large loose bomber jackets. Dresses were loose and in mainly dark colours. For the evening there were black jumpsuits and long black dresses with printed collars. Colourful gloves had small zip purses on the front.

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters

“In this collection we play with the idea of the classic – we subvert it, we transmutate it,” Prada said in a statement.

“There are many more contrasts in this collection – retro and futuristic, embellished and minimal, sports and elegance – because we are combining them, hybridising them, creating something that seems new,” Simons added.

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Milan Fashion Week, which began on Wednesday, February 24, and runs until March 1, is a virtual event this season due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Major Italian fashion names such as Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino are all also sharing videos on a digital platform.

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