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Prada S/S 2018

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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.


Posted May 13th, 2018 By Colby Mugrabi

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.

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Horst P. Horst

The Home of Paloma Picasso, 1985

Paloma picasso s place as photographed by horst a

Paul T. Frankl

Dressing Table

Paul t. frankl dressing table

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Printed Cotton Canvas in a parody of teh GI Uniform Geometric Patterns and Cartoon illustrations, 1972, photo by Hideko Yoshikawa

Issey miyake printed cotton canvas in a parody of teh gi uniform  geometric patterns and cartoon illustrations. print design

Christian Bérard

Trompe l'oeil Paneling, 1939

Christian b  rard trompe l oeil

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Untitled (Falling Alice), 1963

John wesley  untitled  falling alice

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Brooch, 1904

Josef hoffmann brooch 1904. neue galerie new york

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Green Horizontal, 1964

Marjorie strider green horizontal 1964

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Department of Biology at the University of Milan, 1978

Vico magistretti department of biology at the university of milan  1978

Guy Laroche

A 1984 Statesman Telephone Promotion

A 1984 statesman telephone promotion by guy laroche

Guy Bourdin

Image 1980s

Guy bourdin

John Wesley

Fides, 1994

John wesley fides  1994

Josef Hoffmann

Tobacco Case, 1912

Josef hoffmann tobacco case for otto primavesi 1912. private collection 0

Madonna

1980s

Madonna  1980s

Gilbert Adrian

Dress, Textile by Salvador Dali, 1947

Gilbert adrian dress  textile by salvador dali  1947

Nicholas Krushenick

Untitled #18, 1980

Nicholas krushenick  untitled  18  1980

Henry van de Velde

Werkbund Theater in Cologne, Germany, 1914

Werkbund theater in cologne  germany by henry van de velde  1914

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Étude, 1969

Simon hanta      tude  1969  oil on canvas  105 x 92 inches

Yannis Gaitis

Monoplane

Yannis gaitis  monoplane
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Paloma picasso s place as photographed by horst a

Horst P. Horst

The Home of Paloma Picasso, 1985

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Paul t. frankl dressing table

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. print design

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 b  rard trompe l oeil

Christian Bérard

Trompe l'oeil Paneling, 1939

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John wesley  untitled  falling alice

John Wesley

Untitled (Falling Alice), 1963

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Josef hoffmann brooch 1904. neue galerie new york

Josef Hoffmann

Brooch, 1904

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Marjorie strider green horizontal 1964

Marjorie Strider

Green Horizontal, 1964

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Vico magistretti department of biology at the university of milan  1978

Vico Magistretti

Department of Biology at the University of Milan, 1978

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A 1984 statesman telephone promotion by guy laroche

Guy Laroche

A 1984 Statesman Telephone Promotion

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Guy bourdin

Guy Bourdin

Image 1980s

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John wesley fides  1994

John Wesley

Fides, 1994

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Josef hoffmann tobacco case for otto primavesi 1912. private collection 0

Josef Hoffmann

Tobacco Case, 1912

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Madonna  1980s

Madonna

1980s

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Gilbert adrian dress  textile by salvador dali  1947

Gilbert Adrian

Dress, Textile by Salvador Dali, 1947

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Nicholas krushenick  untitled  18  1980

Nicholas Krushenick

Untitled #18, 1980

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Werkbund theater in cologne  germany by henry van de velde  1914

Henry van de Velde

Werkbund Theater in Cologne, Germany, 1914

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Simon hanta      tude  1969  oil on canvas  105 x 92 inches

Simon Hantaï

Étude, 1969

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Yannis gaitis  monoplane

Yannis Gaitis

Monoplane

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