Designer Miuccia Prada uses the catwalk as a collage for the ‘history of women’ – but are Prada’s rivals gaining ground on its eminence?
The power of Prada has long derived from the fact that it is a glamorous and prestigious brand which thinks differently from other glamorous and prestigious brands at Milan fashion week.
For example: the rest of Milan puts corsets on models because they look sexy, while at the Prada show on Thursday, corsets in coarse white cotton were layered, unalluringly, over the top of tweedy, countrywoman jackets with hunter-style patch pockets.
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