Prada in Macau

PRADA OPENS A NEW STORE COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO THE MEN’S COLLECTIONS IN MACAU 

Prada opens its fourth store in Macau, inside the prestigious ‘Studio City’ Mall. The space, designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, covers a total area of approximately 500 square metres on a single level and houses the men’s ready-to-wear, leather goods, accessories and footwear collections. A succession of light-coloured stone pillars and light boxes inserted into black granite volumes sets the rhythm of the external façade. The internal façade is clad in black granite, while slim burnished steel profiles frame the entrances, windows and light boxes. The two entrances open on an area defined by a succession of spaces, each featuring a different atmosphere. The area dedicated to the leather goods and accessories collections is characterised by Saint Laurent marble floorboards, ebony-clad walls and polished steel display cases and counters. An elegant sitting area, defined by cotto-coloured leather sofas, leads to the space where the men’s footwear and ready-to-wear collections are showcased. The space housing the footwear collections is defined by ebony floorboards and polished steel and crystal cases and counters with drawers covered in coloured saffiano leather exalting the product display. Cotto-coloured leather sofas complete the furnishing. The last room, dedicated to the ready-to-wear collections, is characterised by walls featuring orange encaustic painting, creating an elegant atmosphere. 

photo credit: Courtesy of Prada

PRADA APRE A MACAO UN NEGOZIO INTERAMENTE DEDICATO ALLE COLLEZIONI MASCHILI 

Prada inaugura il suo quarto negozio a Macao all’interno del prestigioso Mall ‘Studio City’. Lo spazio, progettato dall’architetto Roberto Baciocchi, occupa una superficie totale di circa 500 metri quadrati su un unico livello e ospita le collezioni maschili abbigliamento, pelletteria, accessori e calzature. Il ritmo della facciata esterna è scandito da colonne in pietra chiara e da un susseguirsi di lightbox inseriti in volumi in granito nero. La facciata interna è caratterizzata da un rivestimento in granito nero, mentre leggeri profili in acciaio brunito incorniciano gli ingressi, le vetrine e i light box. Due ingressi conducono a un ambiente interno articolato in una serie di spazi dalle diverse atmosfere. L’area dedicata alle collezioni di pelletteria e accessori è caratterizzata da pavimento a doghe sottili in marmo Saint Laurent, pareti in legno di ebano e banchi espositivi in acciaio lucido. Un elegante salotto, definito da poltrone in pelle color cotto chiaro, introduce allo spazio dedicato alle collezioni di calzature e abbigliamento maschili. L’ambiente che ospita le collezioni di calzature è definito da pavimento a doghe sottili in legno di ebano e teche con banchi espositivi in acciaio lucido e cristallo dai cassetti in saffiano colorato. Divani in pelle color cotto chiaro completano l’arredo. L’ultima stanza, dedicata alle collezioni di abbigliamento, è caratterizzata da pareti in encausto arancione che creano un’atmosfera elegante.

Prada - Resort 2016 Advertising Campaign

Prada Resort 2016 Advertising Campaign

Steven Meisel captures a series of informal portraits for Prada’s Resort 2016 advertising campaign. Pop decorativism is subverted by industrial minimalism, as his muses lock us in an authoritative gaze. Lexi Boling, Meghan Collison, Ina Jensen, Lineisy Montero, Julia Nobis and Greta Varlese are bad girls turned good, or good girls turned bad, exuding a kind of unhinged innocence. The cool knowingness of their gaze is offset by expressive body language, hands on hips or folded across the body, arms swinging as if in dance. The concept of post-modesty and luxury are investigated in a dialogue of contrasts and dichotomies. High impact pieces, with soft silhouettes, are based on the simple T-shirt. Paillette-covered coats, leather shifts and skin-tight printed sweaters are layered over extra-long striped sleeves. Multi-coloured bags in printed or perforated leathers and bold, oversize earrings are all part of the story. Decorativism, through the serial repetition of symbols recalls the concept of post-pop art. Simplicity becomes uniqueness. An anonymous silver backdrop suggesting a post-industrial landscape jars with this sensual overload, suggesting the collection’s recurring rabbit motif is perhaps not as naive as it seems. Shadow falls across the images, reminding us darkness and light often come entwined. The gaze of the muses is both complex and seductive, warning anyone following them down this particular rabbit hole to expect the unexpected.

Campagna pubblicitaria Prada Resort 2016 

Per la campagna pubblicitaria Prada Resort 2016, Steven Meisel realizza una serie di ritratti informali in cui il decorativismo pop viene sovvertito dal minimalismo industriale e le modelle ci osservano con intensità. Lexi Boling, Meghan Collison, Ina Jensen, Lineisy Montero, Julia Nobis e Greta Varlese emanano una sorta di innocenza eccentrica. La consapevolezza distaccata del loro sguardo è controbilanciata dal linguaggio del corpo: mani sui fianchi o incrociate e braccia che oscillano come in una danza. Il concetto di post-modestia e quello di lusso sono indagati in un dialogo fatto di contrasti e dicotomie. Ne risultano abiti di forte impatto, dalle silhouette morbide e semplici, costruiti a partire dalle forme essenziali di una T-shirt. Soprabiti ricoperti di paillettes, tubini in pelle, aderenti maglioni stampati sono indossati su maglie con lunghissime maniche a righe. Le borse multicolori in pelle stampata o traforata e gli orecchini oversize sono parte integrante della storia. Il decorativismo, attraverso la ripetizione in serie di simboli, rievoca il concetto di postpop art. La semplicità diventa unicità. L'anonimo sfondo richiama un paesaggio post industriale e quasi stride con la carica sensuale, lasciando intendere che il motivo del coniglio ricorrente nella collezione non è così ingenuo come sembra. C'è un'ombra che attraversa le immagini, ricordandoci che luce e oscurità sono spesso intrecciate tra loro. Lo sguardo delle modelle è allusivo e seducente allo stesso tempo e suggerisce a chiunque decida di seguirle di aspettarsi l'inaspettato.  

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Prada opens its second store in Sanya, China, inside the prestigious ‘Sanya Haitang Bay CDF International Shopping Mall’, in the Haitang Bay district.

The space, designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, covers a total area of approximately 420 square metres on a single level and houses the women’s and men’s ready to wear, leather goods, accessories and footwear collections.

The façade inside the mall is clad in black Marquinia marble and embellished with slim polished steel profiles, highlighting the large entrances, windows, light boxesand display windows.

The first entrance, defined by thesignature black-and-white marble chequered flooring,leads to a spacewhere the women’s leather goods and accessories collections are displayed. The areais characterised bygreen fabric-clad walls with cut-in alcoves recalling Prada’s iconic display niches, an element defining all the store spaces dedicated to the women’s collections. Polished steel display counters with drawers covered in coloured saffiano leather complete the furnishing.

The women’s footwear collection is presentedin niches with polished steel profiles outlining the walls’ curved surface; green velvet sofas define the space.

The women’s ready-to-wear collection is displayed in an areawith transparent Perspex units enhancing the elegant atmosphere.

The entrance to the area dedicatedto men opens up on a space characterised by Saint Laurent marble floorboardsand ebony-clad walls with precious polished steel nicheshosting the men’s leather goods and accessories collections.

The area dedicated toready-to-wear andfootwear is characterised by ebony floorboards and walls, darkbrown carpeting and cotto-coloured leather sofas. Polished steel display cases and counters with drawers covered in coloured saffiano leatherenrich the space.

 

 

Prada inaugura in Cina il suo secondo negozio a Sanya, nel distretto di Haitang Bay, all’interno del prestigioso ‘Sanya Haitang Bay CDF International Shopping Mall’.

Lo spazio, progettato dall’architetto Roberto Baciocchi, occupa una superficie totale di circa 420 metri quadrati su un unico livello e ospita le collezioni femminili e maschili di abbigliamento, pelletteria, accessori e calzature.

La facciata interna al mall è impreziosita da un rivestimento in marmo nero Marquinia e da leggeri profili in acciaio lucido che sottolineano gli ampi ingressi, le vetrine, il light-box e le vetrinette espositive.

Un primo ingresso, definito dal classico pavimento in marmo a scacchi bianchi e neri, introduce in un ambiente che ospita le collezioni femminili di pelletteria e accessori. Lo spazio è caratterizzato da pareti rivestite in tenda di tela verde con nicchie che richiamano le storiche buche Prada, elemento che contraddistingue tutti gli ambienti del negozio dedicati alle collezioni femminili. Completano l’arredo, banchi espositivi in acciaio lucido con cassetti in saffiano colorato.

Le calzature donna sono esposte in nicchie con profili in acciaio lucido che disegnano il movimento delle pareti; divani in velluto verde definiscono lo spazio.

La collezione di abbigliamento femminile è presentata in un ambiente con espositori in lame di perspex trasparente, che ne esaltano l’atmosfera.

L’ingresso all’area uomo introduce a uno spazio caratterizzato da pavimento con doghe a spina di pesce in marmo Saint Laurent e pareti in legno di ebano con preziose teche in acciaio lucido che ospitano le collezioni maschili di pelletteria e accessori.

L’area dedicata all’abbigliamento e alle calzature è caratterizzata da pavimenti e pareti in legno di ebano, moquette testa di moro e sedute in pelle color cotto chiaro. Arricchiscono lo spazio, teche in acciaio lucido e banchi espositivi con cassetti in saffiano colorato.

 

The Iconoclasts

 

^{Prada The Iconoclasts returns for its third chapter during the international fashion weeks. Three of cinema’s most acclaimed, visionary costume designers take over the visual identities of three Prada flagship stores. They each bring their refined sense of filmic style and drama. Prada New York Broadway will be transformed by MICHAEL WILKINSON + TIM MARTIN between February 12th to February 19th.}

ARIANNE PHILLIPS dresses the Prada Old Bond Street, London store from February 20th to February 24th.

And during March 5th till March 11th, Paris’ Prada Faubourg Saint Honoré store will host the legendary MILENA CANONERO. This step towards collaborating with costume designers is a natural evolution for Prada The Iconoclasts, which previously invited leading fashion editors. Prada is not only committed to the experimental encounter between fashion and other worlds, but it continues to be moved by cinema’s most brilliant auteurs.

 

 

MICHAEL WILKINSON + TIM MARTIN:

“Miuccia Prada’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection inspired us to imagine a party to end all parties. The end of disco. An After Party for New York’s most elite, the most avant-garde, a place where people strut and swagger, uptown meets downtown, celebrity meets street style. Each character is an individual, each is a non-conformist, each parties like it’s 1979. No one wants to leave, because, if they do, the fantasy will vanish.”

 

ARIANNE PHILLIPS:

“Fashion, like film, is about dreaming and telling stories so this seemed like a natural conversation for me to have with the very inspiring and beautiful Spring/Summer 2015 collection.”

MILENA CANONERO:

“I imagined interpreting the Prada Spring/Summer 2015 collection through the filter of the five elements and their interconnection. Like feng shui, the ancient Chinese philosophy inspired by Taoism that teaches us to harmonise our surroundings with the environment and nature, I felt this philosophy was appropriate to this specific, rich and varied collection by Miuccia Prada. Drawing on my background in film, photography and painting, I sought to reinterpret the collection through the four elements – water, fire, air and earth – and create imaginary situations that culminate in the fifth element, human love.”

MICHAEL WILKINSON + TIM MARTIN

 

 

MICHAEL WILKINSON and TIM MARTIN recently created WilkinsonMartin, a company at the intersection of film, design and fashion.

Building on their respective careers in film costume design and architecture, WilkinsonMartin consults, designs and directs high-end fashion and product ranges, along with art-based projects in the fashion world.

The company combines over 25 years of Martin’s architectural and interior design experience with Wilkinson’s singular costume design expertise from designing over 30 films (including 300, TRON, AMERICAN HUSTLE, MAN OF STEEL, the upcoming BATMAN VS SUPERMAN and Jennifer Lawrence’s JOY.)

Michael Wilkinson is an award-winning costume designer. Variety magazine recently included Wilkinson in their BELOW THE LINE IMPACT list of filmmakers that have significant impact in their field of expertise. Michael has been nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA Award, and has won Costume Designers Guild Awards, Saturn Awards, a Hollywood Film Festival Award and a Hamilton Behind the Camera Award. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the Costume Designers Guild (CDG). He has been a speaker at LACMA, Comic-Con, UCLA, the Director’s Guild of America, AMPAS and numerous other events.

Tim Martin’s background as architect and exhibition designer involves high-end production, innovative construction, and new technologies and materials: a perfect cornerstone for the spirit of WilkinsonMartin. Previous clients include California Academy of Sciences, Presidential foundations, J. Paul Getty Museum, Australian Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Along with running a private practice, previous positions held include Senior Designer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

 

 

ARIANNE PHILLIPS

 

 

ARIANNE PHILLIPS is one of the most unique Costume Designers working today, a gifted visual artist who brings her exemplary eye to film, fashion and music of which for the past 20 years she has worked seamlessly.

Best highlighted and often blurring the lines between film and fashion in her 17 years of collaborating with Madonna, which has included such diverse projects as 5 album covers, numerous magazine editorials; over twenty music videos; London’s West End Theater production of UP FOR GRABS; the film SWEPT AWAY; as well as the Award winning costumes for the singer’s past 5 world tours: 2001 DROWNED WORLD tour, 2004 REINVENTION tour, 2006 CONFESSIONS tour, 2008/2009 STICKY AND SWEET tour, and 2012 world tour for MDNA.

As a Costume Designer for film she has been recognized twice with Oscar nominations 2006 for Jim Mangold’s WALK THE LINE, her second Oscar nomination in 2012 for Madonna’s directorial debut of W.E. of which she was acknowledged by her colleagues with The Costume Designer Guild Award. Additionally she was nominated for a BAFTA for her work in Tom Ford’s directorial debut of A SINGLE MAN.

In 2014 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her designs for the Broadway production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.

Her career as a Costume Designer includes notable films such as:

3:10 TO YUMA starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale; Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s KNIGHT AND DAY as well as ONE HOUR PHOTO; GIRL, INTERRUPTED; THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT; IDENTITY; HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH;

TANK GIRL and THE CROW.

Arianne’s most recent release of Matthew Vaughn’s KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, reuniting Phillips with

Mr. Colin Firth, as well as Sir Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson. Along with the release of KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, Arianne partnered with MR PORTER to create and design the first “Costume to Collection” authentic merchandising, counting KINGSMAN as truly the first shoppable film continuing Arianne’s conversation with film and fashion.

In between film, fashion and music projects, Phillips also works as a freelance fashion editor/stylist, collaborating with photographers for such publications as V Magazine, Interview, Italian Vogue, LOVE, and W Magazine, to name a few.

MILENA CANONERO

 

 

MILENA CANONERO is one of the originators of the success of Italian figurative culture in the film world.

Her work as a costume designer is recognized in the world over through her collaborative efforts with the great masters of cinema.

The most memorable include Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON, Hugh Hudson’s CHARIOTS OF FIRE, Alan Parker’s MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, Francis Ford Coppola’s THE GODFATHER PART III, Sydney Pollack’s OUT OF AFRICA, Warren Beatty’s DICK TRACY, Louis Malle’s DAMAGE, Sofia Coppola’s MARIE ANTOINETTE, Roman Polanski’s CARNAGE, Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and many others, earning her numerous awards.

Milena also designed sets and costumes for Barbet Schroeder’s film Single White Female and for the Italian theatre version of Amadeus, directed by Roman Polanski, as well as numerous other operas and plays for the Metropolitan Opera House, the Vienna State Opera and La Scala directed by Otto Schenk and Luc Bondy.

 

 

 

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Corners / Martino Gamper for Prada

Corners is an evolutionary window design concept by Martino Gamper in collaboration with Prada which pays homage to the humble corner.

The design draws its inspiration from perspective, fragments and contrasts between natural materials.

Those elements are enhanced by the simplicity of a corner which is a common thread for all the displays.

Corners is a space within a space, making each display a unique story designed to evolve with the seasons.

The installation will be on display until the end of March in all Prada stores worldwide.

Corners / Martino Gamper per Prada

Corners è un concept di design evolutivo progettato da Martino Gamper, in collaborazione con Prada, per proporre un sistema di vetrine che rende omaggio all’umile simbolo geometrico dell’angolo.

Il design trae ispirazione dalle prospettive, dai frammenti e dai contrasti tra i materiali naturali. Questi elementi sono esaltati dalla semplicità di un angolo, che è il filo conduttore di tutti i display.

Corners è uno spazio all’interno di uno spazio, che conferisce a ogni vetrina una storia unica, progettata per evolvere con le stagioni.

L’installazione sarà visibile fino alla fine di marzo presso tutti i negozi Prada nel mondo.

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Prada Menswear Spring/Summer 2015 Campaign

There are forces in feelings, and feelings in things. Attesting to this tangible truth are a series of graphic action portraits for Prada’s Spring/Summer 2015 Menswear campaign.

Four of today’s leading men lend their screen presence to an act of photographic forensics: Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars; Men, Women and Children; Divergent; and the upcoming Insurgent), Ethan Hawke (The ‘Before’ Trilogy; Boyhood; Predestination; Regression), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken; Starred Up; ‘71) and Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now; Whiplash; The Fantastic Four).

Photographer Craig McDean shoots the cinematic cast between London and New York. But the sense of place in is more psychological than geographical. Close-ups of hands, faces and agitated outlines conjure a sense of the unknown.

Objectsknife, orange, dice, prism, compass, pen, lens, pendulumare picked up, moved, balanced. Pensively scrutinized. Familiar things become less than familiar the more they’re looked at. As if the magical forces that make the world seem so normal have, for an indeterminately short time, revealed their strangeness.

Stitching is the leitmotiv of the collection. A graphic effect — large, small, in contrasting colours — revolutionizing and mixing classic codes while creating new ones. Modern proportions and silhouettes invoke the 1970s. Not as pastiche but pure peculiarity.

The images’ muted colour switches to bold black and white, then back again, mirroring the four actors’ fragmented mental focus. Silence, a space for secrets. In these photographs each of their personalities effortlessly perform new secrets.

For further information:

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Campagna pubblicitaria Prada Uomo Primavera/Estate 2015

Ci sono forze nei sentimenti, e sentimenti nelle cose: una evidente verità attestata da una serie di ritratti grafici eseguiti per la campagna pubblicitaria Prada Uomo Primavera/Estate 2015.

Quattro personaggi di spicco nel panorama cinematografico attuale inscenano una sorta di dibattito fotografico: Ansel Elgort (Colpa delle stelle; Men, Women & Children; Divergent e l’imminente Insurgent); Ethan Hawke (la trilogia Before; Boyhood; Predestination; Regression); Jack O’Connell (Unbroken; Starred Up; ‘71) e Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now; Whiplash; I Fantastici Quattro).

Il fotografo Craig McDean ritrae gli attori tra Londra e New York, ma il senso dei luoghi è più psicologico che geografico. Primi piani di mani, volti e profili irrequieti evocano un senso di ignoto.

Gli oggetti – coltello, arancia, dado, prisma, compasso, penna, lente, pendolo – vengono raccolti, spostati, messi in equilibrio. Esaminati pensosamente. Le cose note divengono tanto meno familiari quanto più vengono osservate. Come se le forze magiche che fanno sembrare il mondo così normale avessero, per un tempo vagamente breve, rivelato la loro bizzarria.

Il leitmotiv della collezione sono le impunture. Un effetto grafico – grandi, piccole, in colori contrastanti – che rivoluziona e mescola i codici classici mentre ne crea di nuovi. Le proporzioni moderne e le forme evocano gli anni settanta, non come parodia ma come genuina particolarità.

Il colore sobrio delle immagini vira a un risoluto bianco e nero, e poi viceversa, rispecchiando la concentrazione mentale frammentaria dei quattro attori. Il silenzio è uno spazio che custodisce segreti. In queste fotografie ciascuna delle loro personalità rappresenta senza sforzo un mistero nuovo.

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London's Pradasphere exhibit hits Hong Kong

 

 

After debuting in May at London’s Harrods, the exhibition exploring Miuccia Prada’s creative journey into fashion, art, architecture, sport and history will open on Nov.18 in Hong Kong.

A custom-made structure built on the rooftop of the city’s Central Ferry Pier 4 will host more than 60 outfits from the collections Prada designed over thirty years, along with special accessories, archival never-before-seen objects, a wide selection of images, videos, books, as well as architectural projects developed with Rem Koolhaas’ OMA research studio and short films for the brand directed by Roman Polanski, Wes Anderson, Ridley Scoot and Yang Fudong.

“Pradasphere,” which will be open to the public until Dec.5, will also include a VIP lounge overlooking the harbor.