Prada’s Fall 2025 collection by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, spins a new narrative around what “feminine” can mean right now. It doesn’t hand out easy answers. Instead, it nudges us to question how our ideas of beauty evolve and how clothes can unlock that dialogue. Inside the Deposito at Fondazione Prada, metal scaffolding lined with plush carpeting by Catherine Martin set the stage—an interplay of raw and refined, creating tension at every turn.
This season, the duo took the dress—long seen as a symbol of femininity—and pulled it apart. Strips of fabric drift across the body, flipping familiar silhouettes upside down. Elements aren’t always recognizable, and that’s intentional; they’re challenging the impulse to label. Each piece can morph, letting unexpected materials or exposed edges define the mood. It’s less about ornament for ornament’s sake and more about stripping things back, so you notice the mechanics of how it’s built. Even so, accessories—think big bows, statement bags, or glinting jewelry—flash a dose of glamour against the garments’ more unpolished sides.
That tug-of-war reverberated through the venue’s design. Industrial structures met soft surfaces, highlighting the show’s central idea: a push-pull between primal and polished, old definitions versus new possibilities. In the broader Prada universe, this approach tracks with the house’s ongoing experiments in sustainable technology, like the continued development of its Re-Nylon line, which reworks plastic waste into high-grade fabrics. It’s another way Prada is testing the limits of convention.
This Fall 2025 moment feels like a case study, reminding us that what we wear can reflect, rethink, or even upend our deepest assumptions about style and self-expression.
