Last night, the Prada Resort 2019 collection hit the runway, attracting celebrities, designers, and models to New York City where the show took place in a space designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
While Chanel brought an actual cruise ship to the runway for its Cruise 2019 show in Paris, Prada kept things lowkey, but no less dramatic.
The show took place in the minimalistic space designed by Herzog & de Meuron, and was followed by a private dinner hosted by Miuccia Prada at Piano Factory, the brand's headquarters in New York:
With heavy nods to the '90s, WWD described the collection as 'geeky-cool' and 'inclusive of specific references to the spring 1996 collection in which she famously thrust 'ugly' prints into the forefront for fashion.'
Fashionista agreed that 'Many of the pieces felt like revamps of prior Prada classics,' noting that the current trend for recycling retro looks appeared to have inspired Prada's Resort 2019. Here, a 'fresh take on a classic':
The collection also featured a plethora of hats:
And the show was attended by numerous celebrities, including Selena Gomez, Dakota Fanning, Marc Jacobs, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Lily Collins, Baz Luhrmann, Alexa Chung, Ava DuVernay, Katherine Langford, Sasha Lane, and Chloë Sevigny, the majority of whom wore Prada:
The show was also live-streamed in Times Square, and the runway itself 'mirrored New York’s frenetic energy,' according to Prada. This cyclical effect continued as images of the models walking in the show 'were played and distorted on hanging, transparent screens throughout the set':
