Just do what you want to do, this is very Prada

Every fashion week, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons jointly presented Prada new series release, always enough exciting.

The brand’s friends gathered here to witness this wonderful release.

In addition, star friends including Hunter Schafer, Emma Watson, Lily James, Somi, Jintai Pear, Yongye Ya Yu, etc., which have been popular recently in fashion circles, all appeared in the show, and the whole show was star-studded.

Just two days ago, the fashion circle ushered in the most concerned and most topical show of the women’s week as scheduled – Prada Autumn/Winter 2024 women’s fashion show

Hunter Schafer, Emma Watson, Lily James, Somi, Jintai Pear, Yongye Buyu

The show was held in Fondazione Prada, the site of the Prada Foundation in Milan. The site still created a unique space-placing the industrial scene and the natural landscape in the same space.

The theme of the show is also very interesting. This time, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons trace the “instinctive romance”, because in their eyes, the fascination with history stems from “instinct” and begins with “romance 」.

As Miuccia Prada put it, “We touched on the concept of ‘romantic’. In fashion, ‘romantic’ may be a taboo, but this series has a romantic tinge-the value of love and care in the clothes. It’s about love between people, romantic love, and family affection.”

“It is not only a declaration of theory, but also a dialogue about emotions. These ideas are always present in our creation.”

2024 autumn and winter series, combining avant-garde fashion and historical fragments, explores the concept of beauty and outlines the contemporary world constructed by memory.

In the eyes of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, this is a romantic trip in the past. Next, with this season’s new release, let VOGUE sort it out for everyone:

As always, the show space is still designed by AMO, showing the opposition and unity between the two coexisting worlds.

In the eyes of AMO, there is a contradiction between the inherent connection between indoor and outdoor, and also extremely harmonious. Such a space is to explore the true meaning of human nature, natural instinct and emotional demand.

This kind of space design is actually to further enhance the design language of fashion.

Because the whole show actually reflects the opposition and unity in the eyes of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons. They believe that history affects the present and defines the present.

Miuccia Prada believes that history is always closely related to people’s lives-learning from the past fashion is to explore the past life and tell the present way of existence. But she also stressed to us that this is not a nostalgic series, but a series that reflects on history.

“The series is shaped by history. It’s not about nostalgia, it’s about understanding. Who we were and why we dress like that. Remembering our past and using that knowledge to move forward.”

That’s why classic clothes such as biker jackets, bomber jackets, and knitwear-are able to absorb historical elements and refresh lines and details.

There are also many different styles of collision and contrast in the series, such as the delicate and silky silk and the well-cut wool, and the contrast between fragility and strength.

The chest of the jacket has a striking patch with the word P, and the arm is sewn with 1913, the year Prada was founded.

There are also two-piece sweaters whose colors seem to be opposite but are actually harmonious. In terms of matching methods, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons chose knee-length skirts and medium-length skirts.

While seemingly formal, the geometric seam structure makes them fashionable and interesting.
Including the silhouettes of the series, they all look long and even fall smoothly, with historical elements.

At the end of the show, the 1950 s couture cocktail dress made of high-tech high-performance fabrics is a new extraction and tribute to history.

Yes, the pieces of the show may come from the Victorian period, the 1920 s or the 1950 s, but in the end, they all appear in the hands of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, becoming present and unified.

The most eye-catching iconic element of the entire series must be the bow.

And this element just confirms what Raf Simons said, “We feel a real emotion, an emotional memory. It has both a sense of history and a fascination with different moments, which makes people feel new in the present.”

In the Prada 2024 women’s clothing show for autumn and winter, bows were used as the starting point for the whole show. The opening model wore a black dress decorated with dozens of delicate and modern bows.

As the show unfolded, pale pink and dark purple versions of the dress also appeared. The bow element is also further iterated, incarnating different creative inspiration–

The bow is a frequent element in the fashion circle in recent seasons, and in a sense, it is a girlish one.
Behind the Tik Tok pandemic, it was seen as a way for adults to remember their youth and refuse to enter the adult world.

But in the eyes of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, such inherent elements are designed to be reconstructed and the formal language is rewritten with new connotations.

The style of the show is also changeable. Sometimes you can dress like a lively 15-year-old girl, but sometimes you can also see the inspiration of many old-fashioned intellectuals. Of course, they can also be mixed together.

When talking about style, Raf Simons said, “It’s important to know yourself. Who you are and where you came from. Only by knowing your past can you realize your future.”

This is why the same elements, in their hands, can transcend the inherent perception and rejuvenate.
In addition to the bow, women also have more ways of wearing, such as the transformation of traditional men’s clothing materials into inner soft fabrics.

The front piece can be tough tweed and the back piece is gently embroidered silk, but the two are connected by a tie.

This is also the sense of structure that Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons are good at. They can see a completely different world from different angles.

There are also historical flounces. Many clothes are decorated with pleats on the hem and seams. The traditional female elements have been re-examined and redefined.

They are timeless and desirable.

Raf Simons mentioned, “We strive to create beautiful things. When it comes to beauty, it is inevitable to look back in the past. You can’t erase the history of beauty-the idea that history defines the beauty of the present.”

In the style of accessories, just reflects this point of view.

The models hung their handbags on mini belts on their arms and put their hands on their chests, an old-fashioned handbag (or mobile phone) gesture of that ancient era.

The hat ornaments push the proportions to the extreme, with the girls wearing tall feathered hats in various shapes.

A reflection on the way women dress triggered by bows

The shoes are slender and delicate, with a very romantic color, all reflect the love into the design.

The design style of the glasses is unique, but the weird style is to echo the makeup. In the eyes of the designer, this is the wearer’s personality and the traces of the dress.

Finally, as Raf Simons puts it, “We’re not just remaking history. It’s not narrating history. The core of this collection is to express our love of fashion.”

Although we compare fashion to dreams, we all believe that it will always be eloquent and eloquent.

Just like Prada’s fashion show, in this Q & A interaction, we open the conversation with the world and arouse the collision of ideas-this is the desire and instinct of human beings to express communication and emotion.