Prada just gets the purpose of fashion, and its FW25 Men’s show is proof

Prada just gets the purpose of fashion, and its FW25 Men’s show is proof

For Prada’s FW25 Menswear show, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons ditched the house party it hit up at SS25 for “the closeness of a club” instead, inviting us to the Fondazione Prada’s Deposito to get immersed in its new collection. Titled ‘Uninterrupted Instinct,’ the show picked up on the existential themes of last season that had Miuccia and Raf stressing about originality in the age of algorithms. This season, the creative duo continued to throw algorithms out the window, dropping a collection inspired by instinct – and as per, Miuccia and Raf’s instinct is on the nose.

Stepping into Prada’s FW25 Menswear show space decked with carpets by OG costume designer Catherine Martin, one thing was clear – Prada gets that fashion is more than what you wear, it’s the world you create. ‘00s skinny silhouettes and models dripping with fur, Raf and Miuccia’s FW25 man is tailored, in head to toe brown and decked in check – a throwback to Raf’s Spring 2012 show at the headquarters of the bank Credit Lyonnais. 

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Miuccia and Raf are the OGs in challenging the meaning of fashion and this season was no different, with Cuban heel cowboy boots and the slickest tailoring making the case for a sense of fuck it in the what you wear. According to this iconic duo of menswear, there’s no such thing as too much brown and if you step out in a fur hood you just get it. 

Those who have Prada archive pieces know that Miuccia Prada spent the best part of the ‘90s decking us out in brown, and for FW25 she tapped that era with suiting and knits. Raf once said ‘I don’t want to show clothes, I want to show my attitude.’ And with its louche furs and skinny suiting, Raf shows us his attitude by the bucket. Here’s what went down.

Fur-on-fur-on-fur
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It’s Fall/Winter so warmth is a must, and what’s better at delivering on that than fur? This season, we saw fur-on-fur-on-fur, appearing on collars, hoods, and attached to hats in an, even appearing in the form of a fur sweater worn beneath a grey blazer – looked a tad like a hairy chest, but we’re here for it.

The only brand that can make orange cool 

Miuccia Prada reminded us why she’s the queen of what people call ‘ugly chic’ with the help of bright orange trousers, orange paisley shirts, and even a pair of orange Cuban heel cowboy boots. It might be a garish shade, but Prada makes it work.

Elevated puffers in green and red colours we’d f*** with again
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The show might’ve opened with a simple fit: black slacks and a knitted brown tee adorned with a swinging silver pendulum at the model’s neck. But simplicity was not in charge in the rest of the show, which brought us elevated puffers in green and red shades. The eyecatching puffer jackets brought an oversized edge to Prada’s otherwise tailored collection.

Tartan check as nod to Raf’s OG designs
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A kaleidoscope of tartan check shirts and jackets arrived on the runway, in what appeared to be a nod to one of Raf’s OG designs first seen on the runway at his own label’s Spring 2012 show. Real ones will have spotted the similarities between the tailored jackets’ bright, pastel tartan checks straight away.

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