Prada Menswear F/W 2024.25 Milan

[Lola701]

You feel the absence of Blazy and Mulier??? That is ludicrous...Blazy was no longer at Raf from around 2013 onwards.
There were other senior designers at Raf such as Marieke van Dongen, who strangely goes unmentioned.

From the transition between CK and Prada, I feel the the absence of Blazy and Mulier. And that is only because I think they infused fresh ideas to his usual design language that feels redundant at Prada.

Maybe my comment wasn’t clear enough.

But yes we are discussing menswear pricesily even if my comment was regarding his overall tenure at Prada.

 

[style_expert]

Borh him and Pieter were given these positions thanks to to their Raf bsckgrounds. They are like Raf's shadows, especially Pieter Mulier.

Of course they were, interestingly enough despite their collections far from being THAT great, in my opinion both are very much outshining Raf's Prada at the moment..
If there was an award for most overrated fashion designers of recent times, surely Raf would be easily nominated. He did a few great things at Jil at the time and his early menswear, after that it mostly went downhill. He continued to be praised at all times (by which I mean in the general press) and was presented with a lot of opportunities others could only dream of...Dior, Calvin Klein, Prada.
All of which showed there's so very little emotion in his work. He's dedicated for sure but only dedication can be empty. Now Prada turned into something ice-cold, lifeless, uninteresting and far from the fashion forefront the brand was once was dominating.
Not that Raf is to blame because ultimately it was Miuccia and Patrizio Bertelli who welcomed a Trojan horse into their business.

 

[Lorenzogi]

Raf has the X factor, deal with it.
I personally prefer his later menswear, his technical robotic tailored man machine.

 

[Pastry]

this collection is so obnoxious it made me login into my account after YEARS just to vent and rant lmfao

omg i'm not the only one.
i thought miuccia prada was a brilliant woman who sees through bull💩. miuccia, blink twice if they're holding you hostage. has raf simons hypnotized you during one too many contemporary art shopping trips and opening nights? i mean, did you both get together and were like, 'yesss. let's do finance bros in sandals this season'. seriously, miuccia. raf's not your man.
this is so upsetting 😆

 

[RaisinBoy]

went to the store yesterday, OMG it all looks even worse in person 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

 

[Pastry]

went to the store yesterday, OMG it all looks even worse in person 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

now i know why walking past the storefront lately has been such a dampening experience.