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Miuccia Prada<\/a>\u2019s February 2020 announcement<\/a> that she would be bringing Raf Simons on board as Prada<\/a>\u2019s co-creative director went through the fashion week crowd like an electric shock. Those lucky few in the audience for autumn winter \u201821 realized they\u2019d just witnessed a moment in fashion history: the last collection Miuccia designed solo. But soon after Covid-19 took hold of northern Italy and then the rest of the world, and the fruits of Miuccia and Raf\u2019s shared creative labours were destined to be unveiled digitally. The pair showcased four collections\u2014two womenswear<\/a>, two menswear, all impeccable\u2014via livestream, but the fashion world was still awaiting Prada\u2019s grand return to the runway. Fashion of their scale and magnitude needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated, and so today\u2019s show was always going to be a history-making spectacle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And a spectacle it was. Rather than stage a single runway show, Prada and Simons opted to show two simultaneously: one in Prada\u2019s Milan headquarters, the Fondazione Prada, and the other in Shanghai at the Bund One. At the former, large-scale screens live-streamed the Shanghai show as models took to the runway. \u201cDoing these shows simultaneously demonstrates a new possibility,\u201d Simons wrote in the show notes. \u201cCommunity is a vital idea: drawing together people who share ideologies, values, and beliefs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The clothes were equally ambitious: a radical new definition of \u2018sexy\u2019 dressing for the new era. \u2018Seduction, Stripped Down\u2019, was the name of the collection, which took the bones of traditionally sexy clothing\u2014corseting, brassieres\u2014and twisted them on their heads. Satin gowns were slashed super short, but with a trailing train left attached. Oversized leather jackets were worn with nothing underneath. Shirts and jackets were affixed with corset-style boning, chunky sweaters affixed with bralette detailing. Dresses that looked demure would reveal themselves to be fully unbuttoned at the back. There was nary a knee-length hemline in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collection felt palpably, viscerally modern. A new generation of designers\u2014among them Nensi Dojaka, Supriya Lele, and Michaela Stark\u2014are touching a cultural nerve with their slinky, unapologetically sexy pieces. After 18 months spent indoors, it\u2019s natural that our appetite for sensuality has been awakened. Soon\u2014God willing\u2014full international travel will resume and with it the promise of thumping dance floors, midnight dinners, chance encounters with mysterious strangers. When that time comes we won\u2019t be reaching for sensible trousers and baggy knits. In an ideal world, we\u2019ll be wearing head-to-toe Prada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26240,"featured_media":36251,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nMiuccia Prada And Raf Simons Make History In Milan\u2014And Shanghai<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For Prada's spring summer '22 collection, Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada staged their first IRL runway show as co-creative directors, live-streaming parallel runways in both Milan and Shanghai.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prada-spring-summer-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prada Is Bringing Sexy Back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For Prada's spring summer '22 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