She has clashed babydoll tops with board shorts. For example, designer has paired midi skirts with lug-soled brogues. Prada continues to find countless ways to render what is traditionally considered unconventional, attractive.
Prada’s “ugly prints” range from geometric prints, lip motifs, and even an ode to Frankenstein, but somehow, she makes it all so desirable. Throughout the years, Prada has stuck to the DNA of the brand she created. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty.” Prada’s own admission in an interview with Vogue magazine, “Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. For her Spring 1996 collection, Prada transformed ‘ugly’ into the most fashionable and sought after looks, from upholstery prints to putrid, acid colors to square-toed, T-strap shoes. With a swift pivot of her chunky heeled loafer, women everywhere threw their teetering stilettos in the back of their closets, and the “ugly shoe” trend began. In 1989, Prada launched her first woman’s ready-to-wear collection, and by the early ‘90s every fashionistas saved their pennies to purchase anything that Prada created. As part of the Italian Communist Party in the Sixties, Prada is quoted in a Document Journal, “Fashion was the worst place for a feminist in the ’60s.” Thankfully she couldn’t ignore her calling and talent to pursue a career in fashion, and by 1979, she joined the family business.
The iconic designer, originally named Maria Bianchi, studied political science and graduated with a PhD from the University of Milan. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)Īs a young woman, Miuccia Prada did not dream of a career in fashion.
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