Prada Fall/Winter 2025 collection brings new meaning to the idea of femininity
Prada’s Fall/Winter 2025 women’s collection made its grand debut at Milan Fashion Week, at the Deposito space of the Fondazione Prada Arte, with a layout that combined primitiveness and sophistication, echoing the core spirit of this season’s design.
Prada's 2025 Fall/Winter women's collection made its grand debut at Milan Fashion Week, at the Deposito space of the Prada Art Foundation, with a primitive and refined layout that echoed the core spirit of this season's design.
Celebrities such as Hunter Schafer, Gal Gadot, Bian Youxi and brand ambassador Karina all appeared on the show, adding star power to the show. Karina, known as the "human AI", showed a unique style of elegance and playfulness with her romantic curly hair, floral dress and cow-print Galleria handbag, becoming the focus of the whole show.
This season's collection, designed by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, is themed "The Contemporary Meaning of Femininity" and explores the diversity and fluidity of the female image. Designers challenge the traditional definition of femininity through the reconstructing and changing the proportions of clothing. As a symbol of femininity, dresses are given a new form this season - pieces of clothing move around the body, freed from their original functions and languages, creating an unrecognizable appearance and meaning. This design technique not only subverts the traditional outline, but also shows the complexity and diversity of femininity through the collision between different items.
The proportions of the series are boldly adjusted, and the relationship between the structure of the clothing and the body is redefined. The use of atypical materials and the deliberate exposure of raw seams show an aesthetic of coexistence of roughness and refinement. Accessories appear in a gorgeous manner, with jewelry, bows and decorations forming a strong contrast with the primitive sense of clothing, further questioning the single definition of femininity. This conflict and divergence is precisely Prada's profound reflection on the diversity of contemporary female images.
The venue layout also echoed the theme of this season. The metal scaffolding reshaped the space and matched with the carpet designed by Catherine Martin, presenting a visual binary opposition. This interweaving of primitiveness and refinement is not only a metaphor for clothing design, but also reflects the complexity and multi-layered meaning of femininity. Prada raised a profound questioning of femininity this time. It is not only a fashion show, but also a discussion about identity, aesthetics and social concepts. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons once again proved Prada's pioneering position in the fashion industry with their creativity and insight, and opened up a new imagination space for the image of contemporary women.
Text by Jay Chow
Edited by Angel Fong
