Skirt Is Resistance. Prada SS27

September 22, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

Prada spring-summer 2027, sincerely. For those who wear skirts. It’s an act of resistance. Because femininity is resistance in 2026. Modern theories preach that being feminine is anti-feminist. But what about different kinds of woman-ity? Those that find power in the softness? In the domestic? Or in the flirt with life? Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons ask their question for the culture. Lover, mother, wife, nurse, queen, girl, princess, poetess, dominatrix, muse, bitch. All adventurous women do. Hair undone, leather well-worn, forget trousers! Be naive. Be matriarch. Be childish. Be regal. Be strict. Be uptown. Be downtown. Be a woman, regardless of gender. It’s a state of mind.

ED’s SELECTION:

Prada Floral Jacquard Silk-Blend Midi Skirt

Prada Striped Jersey Pencil Skirt

Prada Pleated Wool Patchwork Midi Skirt

Prada Silk Taffeta Balloon Skirt

Prada Pleated Wool Patchwork Midi Skirt

Prada Abstract-Print Canvas Pleated A-Line Skirt

Prada Cotton Check Drawstring Pencil Skirt

All collages by Edward Kanarecki.

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Skinny. Prada SS27

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

Prada’s latest collection left me feeling a bit unnerved. It wasn’t that Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’s offering was “bad” – honestly, can they ever get it wrong? – but the collection’s near-fixation on extreme skinniness felt genuinely discomforting. I’m an XL; I’m never, ever fitting into those cropped denim jackets or hyper-slim trousers. But this isn’t about me – it’s about the message the collection sends. If you don’t possess the frame of an adolescent, forget about being invited to this party.

While I can perhaps forgive the romanticization – and even the fetishization – of youth in, say, Hedi Slimane’s work, I hold Prada to a higher standard. Prada is so much more than that. Where is the nuance? READ MY FULL REVIEW HERE.

Collage by Edward Kanarecki.
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Layers. Prada AW26

February 27, 2026 | Design & Culture by Ed

During the last season – the so-called “season of debuts” – I found myself wondering whether fashion is truly committed to the pursuit of the new if not a single designer even vaguely attempts to challenge the format of the fashion show. Finally, that changed at yesterday’s show by Prada in Milan, where Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons proved that the runway can, indeed, be reimagined. READ MY FULL REVIEW HERE.

ED’s SELECTION:

Prada Eyewear Square-frame Silver-tone Optical Glasses

Prada Distressed Leather Bow Sandals

Prada Check Georgette Sleeveless Midi Dress

Prada Boat Neck Knit Balloon Sweater

Prada Camel Wool Circle Midi Skirt

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Stranger By The Lake. Prada SS26

June 27, 2025 | Design & Culture by Ed

Mini-lengths and hairy legs. Peggy Guggenheim-inspired hats. Wallpaper prints and oversized florals you can spot on sciuras’ dresses in the Italian buses. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ latest menswear collection feels like a vibe shift: instead of regality and sophistication, or a sharp take on the Prada uniform, a collection so straightforwardly joyful it’s nearly suspicious.

Nothing conceptual: more of an instinctual approach to summer dressing. Even fashion’s biggest brains need a season off, a mind-vacanza of sorts. “This has been the easiest collection I have ever done”, said Simons. Signora added: “Everything worked with everything.” There’s just something absolutely irresistible about a vintage-y t-shirt (with a seductive “Last Swim” print – the romantic thriller of “Stranger By The Lake” comes to my mind immediately), paired with cropped, aged leather jacket and tailored pants in colour-block shade. Or a simple, chic, all-white look. One of the boys looked both naïve and cool in a mini-length shirt-tunic, styled with a red raffia hat and a pair of flip-flops.

I can totally picture new Prada menswear on myself. All of it.