Can 60 looks be too many and 15 models too few? Prada doesn’t really think so. At Milan, at least, time moves quickly. About a minute and ten seconds at every turn, to be exact. Which is plenty for Bella Hadid to be stripped of her layers three separate times before you’ve even processed the first. Each outfit managed to clock in at the office, step out for lunch, make it to drinks, and spiral slightly after hours, all under Prada’s stopwatch.
Miuccia and Raf Simons took us all the way to the Deposito of the Fondazione Prada again, where 16th century paintings keep company to 18th century Venetian mirrors, fireplaces almost floating off the walls and all. Which actually seems like a fitting place to showcase the complex facets of women, given it spans five centuries with ease. “An embrace of inherent pluralities, a reflection of the multifaceted realities of women and the complexities of life. The Prada Fall/Winter 2026 collection by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons is informed by a fascination with the process of layering, of transforming through the day, through your clothes. Within each look, we discover multitudes. A manifestation of how clothes are truly worn, in daily life, their layering here is simultaneously representative of a layering of histories, personal and collective, of memories and experiences,” the press release went on to say.
Liu Wen’s first outfit, pristine as it was, quickly became my favorite. Picture a beautiful cream knit with classic banker-blue shirt cuffs peeking through, tucked under a mesh midi skirt that flashed a layer of red and a tiny bit of sparkle. The second time around the red sparkle became clearer. Another midi skirt with embroidery, and that very relatable wrinkled shirt tucked in. Turns out, a deconstructed black satin dress was hiding beneath it all, now teasing soft florals through its holes. Third looks did their jobs, the fourth ones did whatever they wanted. We half-expected a close-up of those flowers this time, but instead got another mesh skirt with sparkly embroidery layered over what looked like a white one, paired with a cropped lime top, discreetly ruffled at the hem. Women really do have layers. Prada women just have a few more stacked in there.
