It wasn’t just the political players who elevated the voice of Black creatives; in 22 year-old poet Amanda Gorman took the word by storm with her poetry and her Prada.  Gorman’s popularity and alignment with the Italian luxury brand signaled a shift towards a new kind of influencer: one who takes a stand and one who values purpose and people. Virgil Abloh and Louis Vuitton also tapped a poet, Kai-Isiah Jamal, to read for the FW21 men’s show. Image courtesy of: @kai_isaiah_jam

This is no time to show off, or for extreme exuberance. It’s more time for intimacy, according to Prada co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons. With this in mind, they chose long johns as the defining garment in their charming, intriguing fall lineup. It was totally unexpected, and isn’t designer fashion here to surprise us? As Prada explained during a press conference following the digital show, long johns have different connotations. “It can look romantic, sexy,

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Despite a weaker first half of 2020 which saw Prada suffer a €515 million EUR loss (roughly $633 million USD), sales have rebounded in the latter half of last year, pushing the luxury fashion house to “a full recovery to 2019 levels.” The most significant contributor came from the Asia Pacific region and especially China, which saw a massive 52 percent growth in sales during H2. While Europe and Japan continued to underperform during the period due to lack of tourism, the Ame

July 14th’s Prada menswear show, the final “solo” effort from Miuccia Prada before she is joined by co-creative director Raf Simons, was one for the books. The collection included a mix of artful collarless suiting and smartly tailored sweatsuits. Soft knits were presented alongside technical fabrics without much fanfare. There was even some Linea Rossa–labeled sportswear put on display. Like so much classic Prada, the clothes read as unfussy, intelligent, and wildly wearable

A leading Italian manufacturer has perfected an antiviral fabric, one of the first of its kind. Vogue Business unpicks the potential. Can your clothing protect you from Covid-19? A leading Italian luxury manufacturer says it has developed an antiviral fabric that may, and major luxury brands are snapping it up. Albini Group, best known as a dress shirt fabric supplier to companies including Kering, Armani, Ermenegildo Zegna and Prada, has developed new ViroFormula fabrics, cr

The Superstar, the bowling bag, and more. “A partnership to begin a partnership,” says the press release accompanying the much-anticipated photos of the first “duo” from Prada for Adidas, news of which arrived last week. In other words, Prada reminds us: This is just the beginning. It starts with a shoe, of course—a Prada-produced version of the iconic shell-toe Superstar. (The shoe has been part of the Adidas lexicon since 1969, but is perhaps best known as a part of the de