MILAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Simplicity and contrasts were the main themes at Prada’s show in Milan on Thursday, with the Italian luxury brand ditching “unnecessary complications” in its latest womenswear collection.
Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons opened the Spring/Summer 2023 show with sharp gray looks that include pointed collar shirts, skinny pants and a jumpsuit.
Reinforcing the idea of simplicity, sleeveless dresses made of a paper-based fabric appeared. The dresses had slits in the front, wrinkles, and pleats.
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“The clothes are about simplicity, without unnecessary complications,” Miuccia Prada said in a statement.
Models present creations from Prada’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
“There is no complicated structure, nothing unnecessary. There is no nonsense: the rawness, the rawness represents absolute simplicity. We wanted to do something with the simplest and most modest material: with paper. So we used this system of reduction and simplicity as a means of making beauty”.
Outerwear consisted of light opera coats and black leather jackets. Some coats had large ties in the back.
The sheer looks of last season continued on Thursday’s show, with models wearing sheer tops and skirts.
The designers, who worked with film director Nicolas Winding Refn for the show, stuck to a minimalist color palette of grey, white and black with flashes of bright lime, orange and red appearing occasionally on tops, bags or shoes.
Milan Fashion Week runs through September 26 with heavyweights like Gucci, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani among those presenting their latest creations.
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Information from Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Edited by Alison Williams
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