Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented a strong collection, remixing the Prada ladylike vocabulary for streetwear fans and the clicks’n’-pics-loving set. On the runway, the co-designers succeeded in recontextualizing Prada’s ladylike DNA for the streetwear-loving set, and bringing the Prada design vocabulary of classic crewneck and geo-pattern knits, finely tuned tailoring, feminine full skirts, sheer innerwear and assertive outerwear, and joyful jeweled embellishment into the now.
WWD
Its power lies in the designers’ willingness to grapple with the push-pull of different points of view. This season was no different, with tensions strung between the masculine and the feminine, the hidden and the exposed, the very ornate and the very essential.
New York Times
….the powerful Prada AW22 show [Miuccia Prada] designed with Raf Simons.
Finacial Times
[…] Prada remains top-dog. The collection again cemented the quiet brilliance of the creative director partnership between Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, who have used each season to build on the ideas and techniques of their past work, as well as the design history of the house, while constantly feeling decisively contemporary.
The Impression
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons are two of the greatest talkers in fashion, unpacking its history, parsing the news, and discussing their feelings, and the result is a Prada that feels profoundly new. […] the latest collection is pure Miuccia, with elements of Raf woven into the Prada story.
The Cut
In its mash-up of the lo-fi and the ultra glamouros, this collection was Prada doing what it does best: using fashion to hold a mirror to the contradictions of how we live now.
The Guardian
The combination […] exemplified Miuccia Prada’s love for ornate embellishment mixed with Raf Simons’s stark silhouettes. The effect was, in a word, fabulous.
W magazine
The collection is both elegant and luxurious with oversized silhouettes being a theme among each look. […] Prada’s designs have been both modern and wearable this season.
CR fashion book
…a big thank you to Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons for this next winter’s collection, which pays tribute to the prime of life.
Le Figaro
The result is powerful, and a frozen yet boiling eroticism emanates from Prada’s women.
Il Sole 24 Ore
All the elements are there. A triumphant excursus that blends the fashion house’s spirits past and present. […] All about Prada.
MF Fashion
[…] garments that draw on the brand’s tradition, without any hint of retro. Indeed, the opposite is true: Prada’s collection has the allure of innovation, while remaining intensely connected to its hallmark traits.
La Stampa
An extreme iteration of Prada is on display in the rooms of the Fondazione where, against a Depeche Mode soundtrack, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons stage a game of contrasts, comprising silhouettes with austere theatricality but with couture details providing added ‘frivolity’.
Adnkronos
This collection incorporates the history of the fashion house, defined by a femininity that Miuccia has done more than almost anyone else to revolutionise, with a large dose of culture, graceful form and a sophisticated individual touch. She and Raf Simons, the current co-creative directors, have created a collection based boldly on restoring the past and drawing on elements of tradition; not simply reproducing it, of course, but using the language and hallmarks of Prada.
Huffington Post