While reiterating messages, gestures and designs, Prada and Simons are nonetheless writing a new chapter for the brand, which continues to excite with its unique mix of intellectualism and eccentric beauty.
WWD
The women’s collection the duo launched on Thursday borrowed plenty from the men’s […]. But the mood was very different. […] It was lovely to hear that. Even lovelier to see their budding optimism translated into a collection that reinforced Prada’s sly, signature mix of intelligence and sex: black-clad sobriety, re-nyloned even, lined in multi-patterns — Nouveau, Deco, that damn wallpaper— or trimmed in acid-tinged fur.
BOF
Finally, Some Fashion Films Worth Watching. […] Not to mention clothes to wear. […] As Rem Koolhaas, the architect whose firm does the sets for Prada, said […], you’ve got to “play” a little. Miuccia Prada and her co-creative director Raf Simons did, with a set composed of various faux fur-lined romper rooms. […] If some of the looks seemed more Simons and some more Prada, they didn’t exist in opposition to each other, but rather in concert.
The New York Times
The autumn/winter 2021 Prada collection from Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons came packed with new ideas and fresh style juxtapositions to get your head around pronto. Boasting an out-of-this-world, space-age feel, brought up to date by way of sweeping archival references, it was a brilliant display of the two designers’ meeting of minds – as well as a glimpse of how post-pandemic life might play out.
Vogue.com
Grand gestures and great clothes.
The Impression
Nowhere does beautifully strange quite as well as Prada. The jewels of the collection were tailored coats and soft stoles lined with faux fur, or crusted with sequins.
Guardian
‘Optimism is mounting’ – Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons embrace ease and opulence for a reopening world.
Vogue Runway
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have given us the perfect post-Covid wardrobe.
i-D vice.com
If there’s one thing Miuccia and Raf know, it’s how to put on a show-stopping finale – and with these lavishly sequinned coats and gowns, they have their eye firmly trained on embracing the art of living once again.
The face
Prada excites with an electric Fall/Winter2021 collection. […] The latest women’s offering is an exuberant experiment in lush texture and bold color.
Document journal
The collection deserves credit for the number of garments, fabrics and concepts it contains.
El Pais
The show is virtual, but it retains a spirit of metamorphosis. […] The result is convincing, as is the creative dialogue between the pair.
Il Sole 24 Ore
Prada’s full range of colours restores faith in the future. […] Miuccia and Raf Simons’s collection sends a message of positivity.
La Repubblica
The clash of Prada’s and Simons’s aesthetics is not restricted by the digital show. It passes through the filters of the TV camera. It is strong, with various sprits that recur and are reunited, imagining a kind of psychedelic bourgeoisie with a bold, military stride, clothed in a new visual richness, but always protected by palettes that leave room for optimism. And for light.
MF
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’s modern makeover of the 1920s is the best: a celebration of dreaming without forgetting the essentials.
Il Giornale