Miuccia Prada did away with preconceived springtime notions of femininity and florals for spring/summer 2018, instead opting for a punk paradise of empowered females.
This season’s standout prints were comic book illustrations created by women cartoonists, covering garments to relay a post-war air of powerful optimism. The collection’s pattern-drenched, full-bodied skirts and masterful overcoats were styled with collared shirts and short-shorts with high socks, suggesting that Prada’s idiosyncratic notions relayed themselves this season in styling and dramatic contrasts. Clusters of bejeweled appliqués sat commandingly on model’s shoulders, while studded shoes, bags and belts were present, in some form, throughout every look. Prada’s militant lineup of females was scattered with odes to 1980s club culture in the show’s loose, pleated dresses and unconventional, thrift-shop-esque pattern mixing – feminine brocades coupled with a cacophony of cartoon-ized animal prints. Flats, kitten heel sling-backs, fanny-packs and the powerful presence of nylon hit Prada’s point home that the future is certainly female, and strong females at that.
References
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Horst P. Horst
The Home of Paloma Picasso, 1985
Paul T. Frankl
Dressing Table
Issey Miyake
Printed Cotton Canvas in a parody of teh GI Uniform Geometric Patterns and Cartoon illustrations, 1972, photo by Hideko Yoshikawa
Christian Bérard
Trompe l'oeil Paneling, 1939
John Wesley
Untitled (Falling Alice), 1963
Josef Hoffmann
Brooch, 1904
Marjorie Strider
Green Horizontal, 1964
Vico Magistretti
Department of Biology at the University of Milan, 1978
Guy Laroche
A 1984 Statesman Telephone Promotion
Guy Bourdin
Image 1980s
John Wesley
Fides, 1994
Josef Hoffmann
Tobacco Case, 1912
Madonna
1980s
Gilbert Adrian
Dress, Textile by Salvador Dali, 1947
Nicholas Krushenick
Untitled #18, 1980
Henry van de Velde
Werkbund Theater in Cologne, Germany, 1914
Simon Hantaï
Étude, 1969
Yannis Gaitis
Monoplane
References
Horst P. Horst
The Home of Paloma Picasso, 1985
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Paul T. Frankl
Dressing Table
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Issey Miyake
Printed Cotton Canvas in a parody of teh GI Uniform Geometric Patterns and Cartoon illustrations, 1972, photo by Hideko Yoshikawa
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Christian Bérard
Trompe l'oeil Paneling, 1939
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John Wesley
Untitled (Falling Alice), 1963
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Josef Hoffmann
Brooch, 1904
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Marjorie Strider
Green Horizontal, 1964
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Vico Magistretti
Department of Biology at the University of Milan, 1978
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Guy Laroche
A 1984 Statesman Telephone Promotion
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Guy Bourdin
Image 1980s
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John Wesley
Fides, 1994
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Josef Hoffmann
Tobacco Case, 1912
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Madonna
1980s
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Gilbert Adrian
Dress, Textile by Salvador Dali, 1947
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Nicholas Krushenick
Untitled #18, 1980
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Henry van de Velde
Werkbund Theater in Cologne, Germany, 1914
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Simon Hantaï
Étude, 1969
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