Prada S/S 2023 Milan

[Gazillion]

I love it. I also love the horror theme. The real horror was the Fendi show...

 

[sanssoleil]

The horror theme is nice and right up my alley and the black coats are beautiful. I was too negative in my previous post I think but too late to edit. My first reaction was anger.

 

[Overindulgence]

I love most of the collection - though I despise those long-johns Raf keeps trying to push. The look on Kinga is amazing, I also love the printed dresses and the green coat + shoes look on the Mia Farrow circa Rosemary's Baby looking model. It's great to see both Miuccia and Raf explore the horror theme together as they both seem to have a love for it (Prada FW 2013 + FW 2019, Calvin Klein SS 2018, Jil Sander SS 2012 campaign). Dare I say that 1) I think the bags and the shoes will sell well and 2) Kendall Jenner is a great fit for Prada.

I was not convinced at first but as I see more collections, I think they work well together. Raf has brought back a stripped back look to the brand, which it had in the early 2000s. I'll take the Raf for Prada collections over any Prada collection from 2014 up until he came into the brand.

 

[bc collector]

For me this is a step up from the standard of what has so far turned out to be a disappointing double tenure. And I like this collection precisely because there's more Miuccia than Raf, I see in fact a lot of things that la Sig.ra would wear herself (apart from the hideous jumpsuits)
It feels more grown up and elegant than a lot of what has been on the Prada runway in recent times.

 

[reesewu]

The jumpsuits are criminal. I thought the models wore a combination of buttoned-down shirt and leggings, which would also be criminal but at least they could work as separates.

But other than that, kudos to Raf for bringing back the stripped down Prada we have all been waiting for a good 6-7 years. Love all the printed dresses and skirts as well as the distressed, preppy looks with cardigans and corsages(?) on random places, which for some reason brings to mind Tomas Maier’s Bottega Veneta, another era I miss very dearly.

I’d go as far as to say that Raf could be at Prada much longer than we all have expected at this rate. He does seem to grow in the right direction imo.

 

[donyan]

This is the first collection of theirs that I like, but I have a feeling that what I love (the dresses and coats) are Miuccia, and what I don't like (the jumpsuits ) are Raf. I wonder what comes from whom?

 

[velvetandsilk]

The jumpsuits are criminal. I thought the models wore a combination of buttoned-down shirt and leggings, which would also be criminal but at least they could work as separates.

The worst part of collection for me look like union suit.

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The rest of the collection is an interesting interpretation of the classic Prada. Nothing revealing, but enough for the contemporary world.

 

[tricotineacetat]

Prada shows have since Raf's arrival become such formulaic processions, with a stubborn repetition of tricky outfits like the onesies shown a few too many times on this runway - All of that aside, I don't think there's a lot here that stirs excitment - While being undoubtably wearable, I'm not sure neither those chesterfield coats nor those printed shift dresses really stand out as instantly desirable.

 

[Lola701]

I don’t know if it’s a good collection but it’s decent.
It’s funny because they re-released pieces from the spring 2008 collection this summer and I kept thinking about how it could be great for them to re-release the jersey jumpsuits… And here we have a kind of proposition for jumpsuits.

I really like the white midi dresses, the look on Kinga and the prints that echoed both fall 2004 and 2007.
I like when Prada clothes are simpler maybe because I connect Prada with the idea of active women. And maybe RAF’s point of view will never work for me because I think his woman is maybe more consume by her own intellectualism or the fantasy of an Art installation.
Maybe I would have enjoyed it better if it was the womenswear version of the menswear.

 

[Avonlea]

It's better but still awful. Their presentations are always depressing. It would have more impact if they came back to simple straight well lit runway.

 

[gossiping]

loved it. the music and cast were better last season but this collection was better.

 

[Vitamine W]

Every Prada collection these days gives off a bit 'Prada interpreted by Raf'.
This one is no different but it's the first one I at least kind of like. I'm also getting a bit of Raf for Jill Sander.

 

[depordetioz]

There are some good things but... am I the only one tires with this Miuccia inspired way of holding the coats?

 

[Frederic01]

A little behind-the-scenes of how the printed silk dresses were made:


LUCA DI STANIO

 

[Frederic01]

A conversation with Miuccia, Raf, and Nicolas.


PRADA

 

[WAVES]

most of the dresses are good, finally.
the coat on Kinga looks amazing and I wish they had explored more on that, maybe in other shades too.
also wished they had explored more the green and black leather coats (the other model and Elise).
the way the models were holding the coats annoyed me a bit - let’s see movement!!

also, get rid of those catsuits and give up on grey and brown colour. made all the looks so… uninteresting. coz I liked the designs (the dresses only).

the shoes were terrible but the AHS soundtrack was ace.

it was their best collection but I still don’t understand why would Miuccia pair with Raf. she always gave us a very feminine (I know…) version of a woman and even during her minimalistic 90’s this woman would stand out, whereas Raf’s woman seems to be trying to emulate an Aldous Huxley’s (female) character looking for her soma pill…

 

[yslforever]

I watched it live and I really enjoyed it. Love the horror/thriller movie theme it had.

Wednesday Adams has grown up and is a fashion student now.

 

[Frederic01]

Personally, I quite like this collection. It's very "twisted bourgeois" in that very Miuccia way. It reminds me in parts of Rosemary's Baby with Mia Farrow, and in other parts of the Spring Summer 1994 collection with all the sheerness and baby doll shapes. So many references both to old Prada and cinema, which is so interesting.

 

[jeanclaude]

The mood feels like "a funeral for an ironer"...

 

[LadyJunon]

Wednesday Adams has grown up and is a fashion student now.

I am offended!