Reduction to an essence. An antidote to complexity. A purity, a directness, an instinct. These are the source-points of inspiration behind the Prada Spring/Summer 2020 womenswear collection. It is, fundamentally, a collection about the power of women over clothing, and of style over fashion.
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Thoughtful Simplicity.
Yet her Prada collection, spectacular in its simplicity, incited plenty of desire with vaguely Twenties and Seventies shapes in rich fabrics.
WWD
Prada’s deliberate naivety.
Nothing need be as disposable as we have allowed it to be, and Miuccia Prada made the most irresistibly simple, elegant case for that point of view.
Businessoffashion.com
If fashion is currently getting a bad rap for being trend-led and disposable, Miuccia Prada – the influential fashion designer responsible for the most- imitated trends – is only too aware of the conversational zeitgeist. It certainly showed in 51 looks at Prada’s spring/summer 2020 show.
The Guardian
[Miuccia Prada] focused on women rather than clothes, simplifying the garments as much as possible and allowing the personality of the wearer to shine through. Which is what every woman does every day, her included.
[…] The eccentricity lies not in the items themselves, but in the way they are worn, with style prevailing over fashion. Tackling the subject is brave, but in the end it is the results that count, and the results come across loud and clear. What emerges is a Prada woman in the brand’s “purest” sense, rooted in its image.
La Repubblica
In this work of constant reflection, Miuccia Prada turns things on their head and, in a collection full of desirable garments, ready to be assembled and disassembled to create various looks and images, describes the enormous power women have over clothes. In so doing, she also overturns the stereotype of women as victims of fashion.
Style Magazine.it
This Prada show allowed us to admire clothes that everyone, whether a grande dame, career woman, decision-maker, fashion-mad idealist or regular millennial, young and full of hope, can all aspire to wear.
[…] Miuccia Prada staged a great fashion show, featuring one of her most noteworthy collections. A genuinely impressive modern declaration of style. The deservedly lengthy ovation the collection received echoed for a long time around the enormous former warehouse.
Fashion Network