This month marks a year since many of us have ventured outside
of our cities and hometowns, but today designer Miuccia Prada took
us on a retreat—albeit of the virtual sort—to the snow-covered
mountains of Italy’s Cortina d’Ampezzo. It was here, in the heart
of the Dolomites, that Miu Miu staged its new Fall 2021 collection,
which debuted this morning via a 8-minute short film released. “It
is about escape, about dreaming—making fantasy a reality,” a
statement read of the show’s starting points. And what better way
to live out our cold-weather reveries than dressed in the season’s
fashion-forward extreme sportswear?
According to the French fashion house, “garments can challenge
perception and context,” thanks to the collection’s otherworldly
hazardous terrain setting. “The practical is romanced through
exaggeration… the fragile can be reinvented to become brave,” the
press release continues. “The utilitarian can become beautiful and
pleasurable; the decorative can suddenly have reason, new
purpose.”
Matching padded parkas and pants sets come in soft
lingerie-inspired shades of pastel; handbags and arm warmers alike
are invitingly furry, as are a pair of over-the-knee—over-the-top,
too—yeti-esque boots that are seemingly made for the sartorial
adventurers of Instagram; and alpine-ready slip dresses, cut from
heavy wool or delicate satin, are paired with protective ski masks,
of which Ella Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s
stepdaughter, is already a fan. This afternoon, the budding fashion
icon took to Instagram to share a photo of a chubby knit version,
followed by one in Pepto Bismol pink. “I am crying,” she wrote,
tagging the brand and the season’s stylist, Lotta Volkova. Consider
it the ultimate stamp of approval—and one that indicates that these
toppers will surely be seen on the streets of New York City, D.C.,
and beyond next winter.
Below, watch Miu Miu’s Fall 2021 video, entitled Brave
Hearts.
