Miuccia and Raf: Fashion’s New Power Couple

MILAN — Style solo functions are yielding to co-development.
In a single of the major conferences of style and design muscle mass in record, Miuccia Prada has invited Raf Simons to become co-artistic director of the Prada brand. The 1st codesigned assortment is to be unveiled on the runway for spring 2021 through Milan Style 7 days in September.
When there is bound to be massive anticipation offered Prada’s stature in the luxury world and Simons’ cult-like following with the streetwear crowd, this is no onetime fall. Questioned about the size of the employment agreement with Simons, who starts on April two, Prada claimed, “In theory, it is endlessly.”
Prada arranged a push meeting Sunday to expose the partnership — which, as described in WWD in late January, had been rumored for months — with the two designers seated on inexperienced velvet armchairs clutching microphones: he in a roomy sky-blue coat and gleaming white boots she in a navy sweater, trousers and a vintage diamond necklace.
Buyers are very likely to applaud the go, as equity analysts have been lamenting a dearth of newness at the Italian organization, which has been trailing its luxury rivals in current many years.
And when Prada brushed off a suggestion that she may be retiring soon, the cash

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