Prada's sense of fashion, useful clothes for people - Lifestyle

What do people really need today?

This is the question that moves

, which was shown in Milan.

"In serious moments, you have to work seriously, do your job, be responsible, there is no room for useless creativity" Miuccia Prada said at the end of the men's collection show she designed together with Raf Simons.

"Creativity when it's useful, and I discover something, and it gives something new, that's fine, but it's not the moment - underlines Miuccia Prada - for useless things".

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The Prada fashion show in Milan Men's Fashion - Lifestyle

"There are two of us and we do what we think is right, without addressing anyone in particular, but - he reflects - if you are in touch with reality and current events because you follow cinema, art and politics, you are probably in tune with what's going on. That's the problem."

Thus, as stylists, Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada say they are "very attentive to what is happening in the world, to problems and difficulties: this collection - she explains - is our reaction to a complicated historical moment. We worked honestly on the creating clothes that are useful for people, that represent our idea of ​​today's reality. We want to create fashion with meaning and meaning - that's the value of fashion today."

Prada man Fall/Winter 2023 in Milan

And what - to return to the original question - do people really need today?

The response on the catwalk - under the eyes of guests such as the Korean boy band Enhypen, which since dawn has attracted thousands of girls in front of the show venue - winds through essential tailoring and an almost romantic softness.

Thus the minimal coats, without frills, are combined with shirt collars with elongated points, attached to knit trims, with a trompe l'oeil effect, while the nylon bomber jackets have enlarged or reduced shapes, the duffel coats are very long or short like spencers, shortened trousers and skinny ties, worn under worker suede suits, while small cardigans go on bare skin, utility overalls are in tweed and padded undershirts like pillows, to give a

idea - comments Miuccia Prada - "of comfort, safety, protection".

That is, what is needed today.

Prada man Fall/Winter 2023 in Milan

For this reason, "we worked intensely - explains Raf Simons - on clothes linked to reality and at the same time we pushed them further in terms of style. We worked on a reduction on tailoring, which I don't like to call minimal, because minimalism is something cold and distant, while we have done the opposite, giving an idea of ​​comfort and warmth, as in the fragments of knitwear and in some gestures that are part of the history of Prada, and creating a balance between the two opposites".

A contrast also evoked by the fashion show hall inside the Fondazione Prada Deposito - conceived by AMO - where the ceiling rises slowly, transforming the space from intimate to extended, accompanying the parade of garments that lengthen and shorten like the space same.