A Moss Covered Runway And Towering Floral Columns Frame Prada’s Humanist Meditation On Presence, Nature, And The Quiet Strength Of The Individual By Kenneth Richard The room felt immense. Moss covered the floor like a quiet field while towering columns wrapped in dense florals rose into darkness, their patterns climbing higher than the eye could comfortably follow. Between them ran a narrow path of green where models moved slowly through the space, their silhouettes appearing almost fragile against the overwhelming […]

A conversation on inequality, authorship, and the instinct behind the clothes By Kenneth Richard There was no spectacle of scale at Prada this season. No parade of 60 exits marching toward a declaration. Instead, there were 15 women — seen, reconsidered, recomposed. A small cast, as Raf Simons put it, allowing you “to relate in a different way… because you see them more times, and you see different ways of dressing.” It was less about reduction than concentration. The collection […]

Holding Beauty in an Uncomfortable World, the Designers Trace an Archaeology of Emotion, Elegance, and Evolving Codes By Kenneth Richard It’s easy to forget, in the ritual of runway seasons, how rare it is to sit with two designers who remain as driven, questioning, and intellectually honest as Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons. The Fall 2026 men’s collection from Prada — spare, sharp, and emotionally loaded — was not just a proposal for how men might dress, but a quietly […]

With A Set Staged As A Vast Workroom, Prada Transformed Aprons Into Symbols Of Labor, Humility, And Women’s Strength By Kenneth Richard Backstage at Miu Miu, Miuccia Prada spoke softly, never raising her voice above the din of post-show chaos. Critics, celebrities, influencers, and artists had just taken their places at long, colorful tables — seated at the edges like schoolchildren, their legs dangling — as if they themselves were part of a workroom. The set was both playful and […]

At the center of the backstage swarm, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons speak with clarity about abstraction, lightness, and the truth of clothes. By Mackenzie Richard Zuckerman Backstage at Prada, the crowd moved like concentric circles spiraling toward a single point: Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons. K-pop stars, film directors, art world figures, and legacy editors pressed forward, their voices rising over the hum of photographers and the steady presence of bodyguards tasked with holding the line. Yet at the […]