Milan Fashion Week: Prada reimagines cold weather wear for autumn/winter 2021 as designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons look to sequins, fake fur and second-skin body suits

Mar 1 , 2021

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection offers a brighter take on cold weather classics, including tight jacquard-knit bodysuits, black jumpsuits, zip purses and pinstripe jackets. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Major Italian fashion houses Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino all presented live stream shows at the pandemic-era 2021 Milan Fashion Week

Tight jacquard-knit bodysuits, loose bomber jackets, zip purses and pinstripe jackets all featured in the house’s ‘retro-futuristic’ take on past favourites

Italian fashion house Prada reworked wardrobe classics for its autumn line at Milan Fashion Week, with designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons saying they were inspired by the idea of change and transformation.

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection was unveiled in a live-streamed show at Milan Fashion Week. Photo: Handout via Reuters

In a video shared online as part of a virtual Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, February 25, models strutted in layered outfits in an array of prints and colours as part of the autumn/winter 2021-2022 collection.

There are many more contrasts in this collection – retro and futuristic, embellished and minimal, sports and elegance – because we are combining them, hybridising them, creating something that seems new

Raf Simons, designer, Prada

Prada’s autumn/winter 2021 collection. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Prada and Simons, who joined the brand as co-creative director last year, presented tight jacquard-knit bodysuits in mixed prints, which were made to appear as a second skin.

Navy and grey pinstripe suits were reimagined as jackets with short scrunched sleeves worn with matching skirts with slits or ankle-length trousers.