Now, Prada is joining the fray. You’ll have to scroll back to spring 2023 to find out the last time Prada wore its menswear this tight — and that was still stove-pipe trousers, with flare-ups around the thigh and calf. Nothing tougher than this, and certainly not this much.
Maybe that’s why this collection seemed a little more RAF. You can still see Mrs. Prada’s painstaking work in ’60s industrial-influenced prints and daubs, but Simons has always played with a slightly-anarchic rocker look. On his own Fall-Winter 2003 collection, he worked with graphic designer Peter Saville, the artist behind the iconic album covers of Joy Division, Pulp and Suede. Those indie sleaze and Britpop vibes were also strong at Prada two decades later, especially in the styling: sized-down leather and denim jackets, sized-up hair and shades and belts. Many models were wearing fluffy, flipped-up shags. Others became even more timid.
The bags were also hit by the shrinkage ray. Nylon pouches were tied to the belt, bouncing semi-comically on the models’ hips as they walked. The shoes were thin, covered with straps that hung down from the sides.
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For Mrs. Prada and Simons, at least, this was not an exercise in nostalgia. Instead, it was about taking things back apart. Mrs. Prada said in her preface, “There is nothing in this period that I hate more than useless design.” “This collection expresses this concept. And this emptiness is very precise – it is much more difficult to achieve.”
Possibly even more difficult to achieve than emptiness? Convincing men that it’s time to return to the annoying days of skinny suits and jeans. Sure, some will be gassed—some gq They also include employees — but for the most part, regular people may not be willing to step back. it is not surprising. Runway shows always seem radical at first. But if any fashion house can make tight trousers hip again, it’s definitely Prada.
