Prada celebrates ‘history of women’ at Milan Fashion Week show

MILAN, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Italian vogue label Prada offered sheer vest-like attire and embellished coats for women’s wardrobes up coming wintertime at its Milan Fashion clearly show on Thursday, presenting a assortment its designers described as hunting at “the historical past of women of all ages”.

With a front row that bundled reality television star Kim Kardashian looking at her sister Kendall Jenner on the catwalk, the runway presentation came on the second working day of Milan Trend 7 days, which is web hosting primarily in-particular person demonstrates – fairly than digital presentations – this period.

Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons reported they experienced ongoing a concept of stripping back seems from earlier collections for the autumn/winter 2022 line, named “An Ideology of Prada”.

These incorporated white vest tops worn with two-tone skirts and sheer see-as a result of attire. Customized blazers experienced big shoulders though coats bore rounded necklines. Some coats experienced chains across the neck or feathers on the sleeves.

“This collection is about the heritage of women of all ages, the heritage of people, not the history of style,” Miuccia Prada mentioned in shownotes.

Styles also wore matching jackets and skirts in dim gray and black, elongated and belted bomber jackets decorated with glowing florals and printed jumpers paired with polo necks.

“Valuing heritage involves us valuing Prada’s historical past – I imagine of innovative moments in Prada’s history, and we echo them listed here,” Simons claimed.

“There are under no circumstances direct recreations, but there is a reflection of something you know, a language of Prada. And people times have assisted outline our notion of elegance right now, which we are now redefining.”

Veteran designer Giorgio Armani returned to the catwalk to present his most current Emporio Armani line, just after cancelling his menswear and couture demonstrates in January because of to a surge of COVID-19 infections in Europe.

Male and female types wore all-grey outfits – trouser suits, cosy knits, customized jackets as nicely as mountain have on, with products carrying skis and snowboards.

Pops of inexperienced and blush appeared on womens’ tops, velvet trousers and jumpers printed with wavy designs though for the night, there had been dresses with substantial sequins. Shirts bore huge bows.

Armani will keep a demonstrate for his most important Giorgio Armani line on Sunday.

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Andrew Heavens

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