
Prada takes us on a long, strange trip to the Mediterranean coast
...Milan at the Fondazione Prada’s Desposito, and the other half on the pool-blue coast of Sardinia. Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada revealed their debut collection...

Livestream the Prada Spring/Summer 2022 Menswear show here

Mat Maitland and Lucia Pieroni look to the past to envision beauty’s future
...Helmut Newton’s superhuman physiques. Lucia Pieroni is undoubtedly a fashion system insider. She has created some of the most extraordinary campaigns and runway looks for...

Sarah Lewis brings her Vision & Justice project to Frieze New York
...and Leigh Raiford, chair of the African American Studies program at the University of California at Berkeley in conjunction with Sean Kelly Gallery. The marquee...

Miu Miu hits the slopes for Fall/Winter 2021
...on a jacket. Miuccia Prada uses the vast winter landscape to punctuate feminine stamina. The collection pairs the practicality of sportswear with the delicacy of...

Prada excites with an electric Fall/Winter 2021 collection
...emergent focus for a Prada co-helmed by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons—on the theme of “intersection,” architect Rem Kool Haas noted the camerawork that has...

Livestream Prada’s Womenswear Fall/Winter 2021 collection here

Everything you need to know this week, from corsets to encryption
...and Prada fave Amanda Gorman and Bushwick barista-core hottie Ella Emhoff—have signed with IMG, global talent behemoth. In light of this development and the recent...

Rooms of one’s own: Inside Prada’s textural menswear collection
For its latest installment, Prada has returned with another co-designed collection as Raf Simons continues his dazzling penchant for color and patterns in a modernist,...

Livestream Prada Menswear Fall/Winter 2021 collection here

Chloë Sevigny, Haifaa al-Mansour, Hailey Gates, and So Yong Kim on why film’s future belongs to outsiders
...is considered a privilege. I mean we are all here because of our wonderful ‘Medici,’ aka Mrs. Prada. But I think it’s sort of impossible...

Meet 9 London musicians reminding us that art is essential work
...stronger.” Left: Eden wears shirt by Needles. Sweater by Marni. Right: Shirt by 120%. Sweater vest by Prada. Coat by Vetements. Shorts by Loewe. Born...

Raquel Zimmermann has FOMO about the Big Bang
...in campaigns for Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, and Prada (among many others). In 2018, she became the face of Revlon and starred in a Lady Gaga...

For Miu Miu, fashion is a spectator sport
...context has been stripped away. As models saunter through the space in kitten heels, bejeweled track jackets, pink ruffled skirts, and shiny vinyl sneakers in...

Prada seeks meaning in the age of uncertainty for Spring/Summer 2021
Prada’s latest collection is almost 15 years in the making. Miuccia Prada, head of the Italian fashion house has enlisted powerhouse designer Raf Simons as...

Freja Beha Erichsen wants to go to outer space
...she began her career nearly 15 years ago, she still sets the fashion world alight today, appearing as the face of Prada’s Fall/Winter 2020 campaign....

Lineisy Montero on leaving home, getting lost, and learning to fight from her grandma
...scouted by her mother agent at an amusement park in her native Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. When she turned 18, she walked her...

Prada’s latest collection is a postmodern choose-your-own-adventure
...include a multiplicity of interpretations. “Prada—and fashion—seen in multiple views,” a press statement reads. Looks from Prada’s Men’s and Women’s SS21 collections. The collections themselves...

Watch live: Prada Men’s and Women’s Spring/Summer 2021 presentation

See 30 years of Glen Luchford’s photography in this virtual gallery
...selection of Luchford’s body of work over the last 30 years: from his often-gritty ’90s images and iconic Prada campaigns, to his cinematographic and refined...

Lost joys found: What 19 Document contributors are rediscovering in isolation
...by Soraya Chema Markn Sharna Osborne, photographer “Via Fondazione Prada’s catalogue for ‘Dal Vivo’ and multiple listens of Philip Glass Ensemble’s Einstein on the Beach,...

Fondazione Prada and Francesco Vezzoli bring our deepest existential questions to Instagram
As we maintain connection through digital mediums in the age of COVID-19, the oversaturated world of social media content becomes increasingly challenging to endure. Luckily,...

Simone Rocha and Gwendoline Christie discuss the provocative power of brutal femininity
...a lot of the women who I really respect are in the arts—Louise Bourgeois, Roni Horn, Eva Hesse, and then also in fashion, Rei Kawakubo,...

Earl Cave and Stuart Murdoch compare the soundtracks of their youths
...which seems inconceivable in the era of Twitter. I’m curious how you handle the glare of being watched, scrutinized, second-guessed in the world of social...

‘The power of voice’: Amanda Gorman selects 7 poems of perseverance
...poetry with her dedication to activism, using her words to create empathy within communities. From moving Michelle Obama to tears in 2016 to representing Gen...

6 works of cinematic genius that critics initially hated
...1996 Razzies. Fast forward 25 years—the film has a cult following and several critical reevaluations. Now Show Girls is having another go at the spotlight...

Dijon is breaking down toxic masculinity by accident
...Barrágan. Bracelets by Chanel. Ring and boots talent’s own. Right: Tank top by Calvin Klein. Shirt by Prada. Coat by Junya Watanabe. Hat by Gucci....

Cafe Forgot’s guide to shopping vintage while staying home
...Lucy: I love Esther Archives for 90s and 2000s Prada Nylon, John Galliano gazette print, and Dior bustiers. Pechuga Vintage is great for rare and...

Document announces beauty director Lucia Pieroni
...has been responsible for some of Document’s most iconic covers as well as stunning looks for Prada, Versace, and Valentino, discusses her personal relationship with...

Prada salutes the radical spirit of Gustav Klimt’s Austria
Prada’s Fall 2020 menswear collection takes reference from the Vienna Secession, founded by artist Gustav Klimt and designer Koloman Moser, an era rife with artistic...

AI companies are extremely white and male—Kate Crawford wants us to push back
...of AI, during a discussion on ethics in the digital era with Politecnico di Milano School of Management professor Raffaella Caglianoat Prada’s Shaping a Future...

Amanda Gorman, the 21-year-old poet using her words as weapons for change
...explaining her connection to Prada through their Re-Nylon project, Prada’s upcycling initiative that involves repurposing discarded materials such as fishing line. Gorman traveled to Slovenia...

William Selden’s ‘oil paintings’ aren’t quite what they seem
...he first came into photography, shooting campaigns for a diversity of brands including Paul Smith, Prada, and Uniqlo. Selden’s work then developed into what is...

Cult up-and-coming brand Commission pay homage to their earliest style icons—their mothers
...trio at their studio in Chelsea. Surrounded by their archive of black leather boots and heels from Prada to Jimmy Choo, an international range of...

Cristina Mittermeier on the incredible power of images in the fight to save our planet
...those who pledge to fix this crisis. Prada is one company that is doing their part to mitigate their contribution to climate change. With their...

Watch: a strip club where Prada-clad dancers don’t need your dollars
“Put on this Dior.” “Let me help you with those Prada boots.” “Is that Gucci?” With an upwards twirl of a nude-pink lipstick tube, we...

The secret world of images not meant for human eyes
...information—and in a landscape of rapid technological advancement, this ability is an integral feature of human intelligence and machine learning alike. Today, Fondazione Prada will...

Prada’s latest upcycling initiative takes on ocean pollution
...the message of Prada’s recycling efforts. Complete with the Prada Re-Nylon logo, a flowing arrow in the shape of Prada’s iconic upside-down triangle, the collection...

5 artists capturing the fluidity of human experience with watercolor
...a degree in fashion design, she was commissioned by Miuccia Prada to draw several prints for Miu Miu’s Spring 2015 collection, which were shown at...

Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
...industry, no one goes to their important job naked. Emily—It’s like that scene in The Devil Wears Prada where Andy has the argyle blue sweater...

If innovation is the new luxury, fur is headed for the bargain bin
Last month, the Prada Group joined its high-end counterparts in swearing off fur, beginning in Spring 2020. Gucci, Burberry, Chanel, and other prominent design houses...

Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy
...on a hill—and their neighbors weren’t too pleased with it. But that didn’t stop the duo from shooting a series of films for their current...

Finding inspiration with Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader
...is in Session: Andres Serrano at The School Fashion Prada’s Power Art Conscious Skin Ann Binlot—What made you want to come to Milan for Salone...

What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?
Artist and activist Liv Wynter is exasperated. In a world where movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp have the potential to spark radical change, Wynter can’t...

A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer
I met Jack in early 2016 when I was working on a book project about Tompkins Square Park. We had met at the park and...

8 questions with Alice and Molly Goddard, fashion’s coolest sibling duo
Since childhood, Molly and Alice Goddard have enjoyed a close, at times adversarial, creative bond. From dressing up in tinfoil and emulating 90s pop stars,...

Science proves banning violent music is total BS
For the past couple of years, London’s Met police in have been waging a war against drill—a type of rap that originated in Chicago but...

The surreal domestic lives of humans and their hyper-real dolls
...and the loners who frequent them, while “doll therapy” is increasingly being used to bring joy to dementia patients. Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition, Surrogati. Un...

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom
As a freelance photographer and the US fashion editor for Document, Ryan James Caruthers and Shawn Lakin count both count editing—in Caruthers’s case, images, and...
