MANIFESTO

#64

MUSE TWENTY FANZINE

SEDUCTION STRIPPED DOWN

2021.09.27

PRADA SS22
By Maddalena Iodice

For their Spring/Summer 2022 Prada collection visionary duo of co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons propose seduction through reduction.

A process of stripping down clothing leads, inevitably, to the body, emphasized or exposed. Architecture is inherently tied to the body as shown through the recontextualization of ideas: the memory of a train, the bones of a corset, the curve of a brassiere. They are stripped to their bare essentials, their core while shaping our present. Traditional connotations of restriction are reconsidered, rethought, confronted. The body is freed and leaves space for a a vocabulary of elegance. The fantasy inherent in evening wear is counterbalanced by the reality of the everyday. Prada SS22 Collection not only unifies and reshapes ideas but shows us what the fashion of the future might look like: corresponding dialogues between realities and communities. Indeed, the show was staged, simultaneously, in the Deposito of the Fondazione Prada, Milan and in Bund 1, Shanghai.

A PRODUCTIVE TENSION

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Opulent salons of the past frame Saint Laurent Men’s Winter 25 collection, designed by Anthony Vaccarello. The collection personifies a carnal desire, a juxtaposition of starkly contrasting elements.

Hermès Men

INHABITING TIME

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The anatomy of an allure

 

The Hermès Men’s Winter 25 collection tells the spirit of the times through decisive glimpses of winter. Each garment expresses its essence through dynamic and architectural lines.

DIOR MEN

NOTIONS OF EVOLUTION

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Kim Jones takes a journey through the archives of the Maison Dior, gestures and delicacy of feminine Couture characters are transported to the male scenario.

ISSEY MIYAKE

FLY WITH IM MEN

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Movement. Versatility. Transformation.

 

The primitive gesture of fabric’s function to protect the body narrates the Issey Miyake Men collection curated by MDS, Miyake Design Studio.

LOUIS VUITTON

REMEMBER THE FUTURE

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The Louis Vuitton Men’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection is an aesthetic combination aimed at the future, a true artistic manifestation of friendship.