Prada Fall 2025 MFW: What even is beautiful?

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by brownfashionagal

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons didn’t offer easy answers, but rather, they posed more questions—ones that were sewn into the very fabric of the collection.

From the start, the show set a tone of deliberate disruption. The opening looks—a series of baggy black dresses—immediately dismissed any notion of traditional sex appeal. These weren’t little black dresses designed to hug and flatter. Instead, they were almost monastic in their simplicity, their rough edges and raw seams signaling a rejection of perfection. The collection continued in this vein, challenging the conventions of what makes something “beautiful.”

Silhouettes were intentionally awkward: paper-bag waists eliminated the classic hourglass shape, oversized coats swallowed the body, and crumpled floral dresses looked as if they had been stuffed in the back of a closet for years. The fabrics themselves leaned more toward the coarse and heavy, with Prada and Simons favoring structure over fluidity. There were moments of sensuality—fur chubbies worn with pumps and little else, plunging split collars meant for the wearer’s own pleasure—but these were the exceptions rather than the rule.

As always, Prada’s accessories made a statement. Structured top-handle bags continued their reign, while built-in jewelry—bejeweled collars, brooch-like embellishments—blurred the line between adornment and function. Footwear ranged from distressed sneakers to sharply pointed heels with unexpected peep-toe details, reinforcing the collection’s overall sense of contrast.

While the collection carried Prada’s signature intellectualism, it at times teetered on self-indulgence. The deconstructed dresses, the rough-hewn tailoring, the intentionally “off” proportions. Prada has always been about friction, about balancing the cerebral with the desirable, and this season, the scales tipped toward theory rather than practicality. Even when the clothes feel challenging, the brand’s influence remains undeniable. The Prada woman isn’t dictated by what’s “in” right now; she wears past collections with the same ease as current ones, seamlessly mixing eras and ideas.