News about Miuccia Prada

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Avid royal fans browsing a new collection by Italian fashion house Miu Miu are likely to have no trouble working out where they got their inspiration. The coveted new range is brimming with classic argyle knits, waxed cotton overcoats and Prince of Wales checks, complemented by regal pearl necklaces. Miu Balmoral has been inspired by the country wear of Queen Elizabeth II and is named after the late monarch's beloved Scottish residence. The Italian fashion house, which is the sister label to Prada, was founded in 1992 by Miuccia Prada, who serves as creative director. She once described the Queen as 'one of the most elegant women in the world,' and has referenced her signature style in numerous collections.

Ever Anderson posed up a storm as she put on a chic display at the Chloe show during Paris Fashion Week on Thursday.  The actress, 16, embraced a stylish business look for the outing as she wowed in a tweed fitted blazer jacket, lace white top and black skirt.  Attending the fashion event, the model appeared to be following in the footsteps of her famous mother, who also had a keen passion for fashion. 

There were certainly shades of the surreal at Prada's Milan fashion show on Thursday. Models (pictured) donned a striking array of unusual sunglasses and bizarre headwear from the spring/summer 2025 range. But as outlandish as some of the new looks were, believe it or not, you're very likely to be wearing them - or watered-down versions of them - next year.

Simone Ashley looked stunning in a super chic mini dress for Prada's anticipated Milan Fashion Week show on Thursday. The Bridgerton star led the stars as Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons unveiled their Spring/Summer 2024 collection. Simone looked was super chic in a thigh-skimming strapless mini dress, with delicate floral straps.

Unaffordable, unwearable, unethical - just a few of the reasons why sales of most high-end brands have taken a pounding recently. Laura Craik finds out what it takes to make us splash the cash

There is endless advice about packing for a warm holiday but nothing to help deal with the complexity of taking a break in the British countryside. Heading off to the sunshine of Greece or Spain makes choosing the contents of the suitcase relatively straightforward. It's going to be hot, and unlikely to rain. Women won't need the pair of high heels we will pack anyway, and because we're used to our own climate we will bring a cardi 'just in case'. But packing for a staycation is so much more complicated. Last week, I spent four days in Yorkshire in a spot lodged between the sea and the moors. Experience has shown that no matter the forecast, the actual weather is unlikely to comply.

SHANE WATSON: Here's what we're all looking for at this time of year. A small addition to our wardrobes that doesn't involve spending much (less than £60), that will last for ever - not just into autumn - and that will put a rocket in everything we're wearing. And here it is, right on cue, just when we can't stand the sight of sale rails any more, beckoning from the brand-new section of your favourite High Street store: the Booster Bag (BB). I've said it before: I'm no bag-of-the-season fan; I'm a practical bag owner and I have all I need. But I'm also increasingly keen on a very short cut to looking chic, glamorous and up-to-the-minute with minimal effort and outlay.

Our everyday summer sandals are not what they used to be. Luxurious iterations of the shoes we love to just throw on and go debuted on the Paris catwalks looking a lot different. We saw fancy Birkenstocks at Valentino, chic flip-flops (yes, flip-flops!) at Chanel , and more! To up you summer shoe game, Daily Mail reveals the comfy classics that have undergone a designer renaissance. Plus, affordable styles to get the look.

The other day I was rummaging around some boxes of papers and discovered a copy of the letter I wrote in 2009 to all the most influential fashion designers, writes ALEXANDRA SHULMAN. It asked them if they would consider providing larger sample sizes, so that we at Vogue could photograph a wider range of body sizes in their clothes. 'We have now reached a point where many of the samples simply don't fit even many of the established healthier looking models and we are having to use girls that look emaciated to fit them.' I added that 'this current trend of very thin girls is out of step with how the general public feel and therefore is irresponsible and, at the end of the day does not help any of us.' The letter was written out of deep frustration after too many cases where I couldn't get hold of designer clothes that would fit any of the women we wanted to photograph unless we called in shop stock. On one shoot even Kate Moss was struggling with the sample sizes. Looking back I am slightly surprised by how forthright I was to these designers whose work I admired so much, including Miuccia Prada, Vivienne Westwood, Nicolas Ghesquiere and Paul Smith, finishing off with a pretty brutal, and unconciliatory, 'I wanted you to know my views and how damaging I feel the current state of affairs is to all of us.' But I didn't feel conciliatory. I was utterly fed up with our fashion shoots being dominated by many of the models of that time, young women, who may or may not have been perfectly healthy but certainly looked achingly slim with their Bambi legs and scimitar collarbones.

'We have been and will always be open to considering opportunities,' Prada's second heir behind founder Mario Prada's granddaughter recently told Bloomberg while responding to questions about a rival's future. To that, the 35-year-old declined to comment - as 90-year-old Giorgio Armani a few weeks ago raised eyebrows by saying he hasn't ruled out the idea of eventually selling his eponymous brand. Both have managed stayed independent and family-owned, while establishing themselves as some of the most influential brands in global fashion. Also Prada's head of social responsibility, Bertelli is the son of Prada majority owners Miuccia Prada and her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, who each serve as co-CEOs.

Fashion watchers have forensically examined the clothing sported by every supermodel and front-row celebrity in the hopes of revealing their style information after a month of catwalk shows. However, there is one very important group whose personal taste is often ignored: the designers themselves. Here's a look at how you can steal their high fashion secrets on a High Street budget.

When she arrives, I am going to knock on the door of stylist Lucinda Chambers' Shepherd's Bush home. She's sporting Cos chinos, a leather belt from Italian brand Krizia ('I've been doing it for 30 years'), Birkenstocks and brass 'calamari' earrings, as the jumper says, are from her own luxury brand, Colville.

On these pages, you may have the feeling that you've seen some of them before - and you'd be correct. Here's the first fashion blitz for autumn 2023 and, perhaps, for every season to come: there are no shocking surprises. Well, there are Miuccia Prada's knickers over tights (11 designs to choose from), Micro-mini skirts, Cruella de Vil coats, and head-to-to-toe faux leather, but mostly, there are more of the garments and accessories that have stood out for us recently: loafers and flattish jackets; cropped cardigan jackets; and midi-length hems. The basics of the modern working wardrobe - suits, white blouses, trench coats – were out in force on the catwalks, and that's the main news for fall: everyday wearable items were stuck in the back room of fashion with the emphasis on drama and major events. Now, the leading designers are all failing to make clothes that will not get you to the ball, but rather to the boardroom or the bus stop. It's called Real Dressing. It's been dubbed a Real Delight in the United States.

Laura Craik, a British fashion expert, talks about the revival of court shoes. If you are a princess or a queen, yours are obviously languishing in a smoky shoe graveyard at the back of your wardrobe, according to her. Craik chronicles her first encounter with court shoes at the age of 12, describing them as both cheap and plastic. The current Princess of Wales does't wear them as often as she used to, preferring wedge heels for their increased ease and stability.' Rather, the Duchess of Sussex has flown the flag for court shoes in a variety of hues, from practical black to racy red, subtle beige to subtle beige.'

Sabrina Elba left the British Fashion Awards afterparty on Monday night, displaying her stunning curves in a semi-sheer dress. In the high-neck figure-hugging number that showcased her dazzling physique, the model and his wife of actor Idris, 33, looked sensational. She was all smiles as she left Chiltern Firehouse, where the afterparties were held, after catching the eye in a red and black striped skirt and furry hood earlier in the night on the red carpet.

On Monday, Lady Victoria Hervey left little to the imagination as she braced for the 2022 British Fashion Awards. The socialite, 46, looked stunning in a high hotel room as she donned a white bathrobe. She boosted her fame with two black stilettos and dainty silver jewellery.

CRAIG BROWN: I worked at Tatler's affluent monthly newspaper for a decade. My job, which mainly consisted of writing amusing captions and punning headlines for party photos, took at least two hours per month, but I was on the job for eight days a month, so I had plenty of time on my hands. The fashion department's comings and goings were especially diverting. Models arrived clutched folders and then had to stand by while fashion and art departments flashed impassively through their photographs, brutal customs officers at the barriers to glamour's world. The fashion designers themselves were equally fascinating. These men and women, with names that are familiar with their own designer labels, will wander around the door from time to time in order to schmooze and be schmoozed by the fashion editors. What surprised me the most was that they seldom dressed as they preached what they preached. They never appeared to be on a quest for any reason. Not for them, they were influenced by their ridiculously expensive clothing that they urged others to buy. Rather, they went for squeezable T-shirts and hand-me-down denims, like priests in civvies.

Storm Reid joined the celebrations at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, September 22nd, at Fondazione Prada's Prada show. Reid, who was dressed in a plunging silver chain-mail-style minidress with reflective mirrors, showed some skin. A pair of high platform sandals and a black top-handle bag completed the look in style. Hunter Schafer styled a black turtleneck top with a silky miniskirt, a long pink-and-white gingham shirt, and a tan trench coat, among other things on display. Michaela Coel, on the other hand, wore a sheer metallic foil over a white logo tank dress and a boxy brown oversize leather blazer. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons' creative collaboration resulted in the creation of yet another mysterious collection titled "Touch of Crude." Models walked to the beat of sci-fi music on a runway with brown carpeting, their faces painted in an eccentric way with long eyelashes that seemed to obscure their vision. On a sombre grey tailoring ensemble made up of a long coat layered over a button-down shirt and skinny jeans, the self-referential display opened. The catwalk explored the topics of corporate dressing and domestic life by borrowing elements from previous collections to display them in Prada's opulent-chic style. For example, a string of dark and vivid dyes seemed to be dripping from a strapless column gown, a slip dress, and skirt sets as if the designers had intended to give them an unfinished look. In the same vein, a collection of knit ensembles with raw edges and crinkled accessories extended on that theme.

In her July 2022 Vogue cover, Dua Lipa's transformation from a performer to full-fledged entrepreneur is shown, as she graced the Prada fall 2022 collection titled "The Ideology of Prada." Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons' joint venture consists of a grey embroidered sheer dress with Prada's triangle emblem, a white tank top, and black shorts underneath. Lipa posed barefoot on a chair, sporting a low bun parted in the middle and a soft glam makeup contrasted with metallic eyeshadow. She wore no jewelry in presenting a somewhat pared-down interpretation of her eccentric style. The 26-year-old actress spent a barbecue in Texas with Vogue writer Jen Wang, one of the many stops on her "Future Nostalgia" Tour in the United States, for which she incorporated lingerie-style and sheer catsuits as uniforms. Lipa addressed her commitment to music, her upbringing in the tight-knit Kosovar community, and embarking on the next chapter in her life, in which she continues to share the stories of global creators and activists through her subscription newsletter "Service95" and her podcast "At Your Service." She's back to doing things her way, now that she is no longer ashamed to show her love. "I've always felt this rage against the patriarchy," she said. "I just never liked boys telling me what to do."