Resort 2019: Prada pimps it up
It was like a trip down memory lane at the Prada Resort show in New York as Miuccia Prada and her team revisited the geeky, awkward, but hugely influential collections that the label gave us in the 1990s.
AW18: Prada, profits and power colour
Given that Prada began its relentless rise and Gucci started its Tom Ford-driven comeback at roughly the same time, I’ve always seen the two labels as the big rivals among influencer fashion brands.
AW18: Back to the future with Prada
When it came to Prada, it was almost a case of what’s old was new at the label’s AW18 menswear show on Sunday. And it may have been mainly about menswear, but there was plenty of womenswear on show to give those of us who find menswear hard to get excited about something to look…
Prada SS18: Cool, clever and covetable – but will it be commercial?
It’s a strange contradiction that Prada, one of the most forward-looking influencer brands creatively, should a few years ago have been so slow to pick up on the technology wave that was about to sweep over luxury retail. The importance of things like the internet and social media passed it by and it’s been very…
Prada resort 2018: Can pastels, pleats and power prints stop the rot?
First the disclosure. I’m a Prada fan. Just about everything the label does is OK in my book (aside from the odd piece here and there and, of course, those scary prices). It’s forward looking, surprisingly commercial, quirky, creative, versatile and totally desirable. So why isn’t it doing better than it is? The shares are…
AW17 Prada: Top of the class or bottom of the heap?
Prada has been going through some tough times lately. Just as upstarts like Alessandro Michele Demna Gvasalia shake things up and get lots of attention (deservedly so in Michele’s case), Prada has seemed a little less relevant, a little less directional. Fashion insiders still love it but bloggers are less obsessed and its resale appeal…
Franca Sozzani: An appreciation
Glossy magazine editors are, for the most part, a scary lot. I don’t know if they start out that way, but the pressure, the power and the way to wall Prada does tend to turn them into a breed apart.
SS17 trend: Are you too old for the pyjama party?
Back in the 90s, there was a big trend for slip dresses. I couldn’t really get my head around this one as I remembered my mum wearing virtually identical pieces 30 years earlier, but under her clothes, as a petticoat.
Digital luxury: Who are 2016’s winners (and losers)?
We’re all obsessed with the luxury market, sometimes unfairly so, as there’s frequently much more of interest happening further along the fashion chain at high street level. But it means that luxury is studied and analysed to the umpteenth degree and one area in which that analysis can get more than a little uncomfortable for…
SS17 runway trend: Check mates and gingham gangs
Small-scale checks are proving to be print and pattern favourites on at least three of the Big Four runways (and who knows what paris will bring?) Surprisingly versatile, these checks SS17-style, run through the full range of looks starting with Bardot-influenced ginghams for a sexy ingenue edge or a look that underlines the extremely simplicity…
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