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Video: Prada FW 2019/20 Full Menswear and Womenswear Runway Show

Prada FW 2019/20 Full Menswear and Womenswear Runway Fashion Show. Collection by Miuccia Prada. Source: Youtube, Bayoucool2, Prada

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Key trends in Milan Fashion Week

After three and a half intense days, Milan Fashion Week draws to a close Monday and hands over to Paris for the next stage in Europe's season. Here is an overview of the main trends for men's fashion as well as women's styles for the Autumn-Winter 2019-2020 season. 'In red and black' For many designers this season was all about red and black....

Fashion

Prada responds to accusations of racism and insensitivity

Prada apologized for its offensive design. The Italian luxury brand was under fire from countless shoppers and social media users after a Facebook post calling out a racist product went viral on Thursday evening. The product in question, an animal charm made to look like a monkey with large lips, is part of Prada’s recent “Pradamalia”...

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Major brands failing to tackle worker exploitation, study shows

Major clothing and footwear brands are failing to tackle the exploitation of vulnerable workers in their supply chains, according to a new report by Know The Chain. The benchmark test - which measured 43 global companies’ efforts to address forced labour - gave the apparel and footwear sector an overall average score of 37 out of 100. Adidas...

Fashion

Prada to show 2020 resort collection in New York City

Prada will be returning to New York City for its 2020 resort runway show. The show will take place on May 2, and was announced right after a 15-second save-the-date video that debuted on British Vogue's website on Thursday. While many designers like Gucci and Louis Vuitton go for more ostentatious locations for their resort shows, Prada has kept...

Fashion

Miuccia Prada to be honoured at The Fashion Awards

The British Fashion Council has announced that Miuccia Prada will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s The Fashion Awards taking place on December 10 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Following in the footsteps of Donatella Versace, Ralph Lauren, Karl Lagerfeld, Dame Anna Wintour and Manolo Blahnik, who have all been...

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In Milan, jungle theme for Fendi as Prada breaks cliches

Fendi presented a jungle-themed collection aimed at the inner Lara Croft while Prada shone with its own impression of strong women on the second day of Milan Fashion Week on Thursday. The show at the Prada foundation began with techno beats and the models soon paraded in clothes showing off stylised cracks, cuts and openings. "I wanted to play...

Fashion

Activists Urge Prada to Go Fur-Free Next

Luxury fashion has been taking a turn towards humanitarianism this year, with Burberry’s decision to go fur-free making the British brand the most recent in a long list alongside Gucci, Versace, John Galliano, and international retailer NET-A-PORTER. Who will be next? The Humane Society International UK hopes the answer will be Prada, as it...

Business

Prada results see new era of performance

2017 was not the best financial year for the Prada Group, with its main brand lagging in growth and digital relevance. Its prices were expensive, too, with little entry price points for the consumer who can’t afford its high-end, high price accessories. But a lot can happen in a year. This week Prada approved its H1 group results, which CEO...

Report

Prada H1 sales and profit rise

Italian luxury goods maker Prada said on Wednesday its H1 net income for 2018 rose 11 percent to 106 million euros. Revenues increased 9 percent at constant FX or 3 percent at current FX from the same period last year to 1.5 billion euros. Hover over the graph to learn more. Prada Spa was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada and is based in Milan,...

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Why can’t we have August-long vacations like Italians?

A look at U.S. vacation habits compared to those enjoyed by our counterparts in other countries with important fashion capitals can prompt cubicle disgruntlement and serious crises about our work-life balance around this time of year. The European summer shutdown The great summer shutdown that sweeps across Europe somewhere between Bastille Day...

Schools

Prada, Yale and Polytechnic University of Milan to host event on sustainability

Prada will host a conference on sustainability titled “Shaping a Sustainable Digital Future”, in partnership with the Yale School of Management and the Polytechnic University of Milan’s School of Management. Set to take place on November 20 at the Prada Foundation in Milan, this is the second event in Prada’s “Shaping a Future” series of...