Grandfather's Transgression in the Archive

“There’s one in particular that conveys how avant-garde Fratelli Prada was: it’s a black handbag with a white ivory clasp shaped like a human face that mocks you. It's the face of a Japanese warrior sticking out his tongue. The bag is so modern that it is reproduced for the Spring-Summer 2024 collection, exactly one hundred and ten years after its original creation, readapting its materials.”

“Although the family brand was known and recognized for its traditional and austere elegance, Miu Miu enhances its transgressive aspect, which can be glimpsed in some of the early Prada brothers' bags from the 1920s, shown to me in the archives of the Group hidden in the basement of the Milan headquarters.”