Mrs Prada will celebrate her 70th birthday on May 1o, fresh off the back of Prada’s 2020 Cruise show in New York. And while the designer dresses legions of women worldwide, all seeking to emulate her unique brand of cerebral chic, today it’s all about Miuccia herself. Here, Vogue rewinds through 12 of her best outfits—from the feather-trim trench coat to flatforms and neon fringing—that hallmark her iconoclastic style.
1. The shocking pink shirtwaister, June 2018
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No ordinary bow: when Miuccia stepped out at the finale of Miu Miu’s 2019 Paris Cruise show in June 2018 she wore a fuchsia pink shirt dress—a blazing exclamation point on a collection dedicated equally to the ankle-skimming gown and fearless leather hot-pant. Note the upper-arm bracelet worn atop the sleeve and signature sleek stilettos.
2. The lime green Met Ball look, May 2018
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Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for last year’s Met Gala, themed “Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination”. Instead, she wore neon green fringing—riffing off look 40 of Prada’s AW18 collection.
3. The scarlet skirt suit, March 2018
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A very Miuccia entrance: scarlet Prada skirt suit (with the jacket wrapped, rather than fastened), black opaque tights and the trusty strappy silver sandals she also stepped out in at the Met Ball two months later.
4. Metallic co-ords, May 2017
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Cannes Film Festival red carpet? No big deal. Mrs P attended the premiere of director Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer in a jacquard pantsuit that spotlighted the luxury tee in place of a tailored jacket. Note the reappearance of the signature upper arm bangle, and the floral appliqué Miu Miu heels.
5. The smartest casuals, Jan 2017
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If you ever need to take a moment to refresh how to wear chunky flats, look to Prada’s final bow at the house’s AW17 menswear show in Milan. The feather-trim pastel knee skirt, mandarin-collar blouse and grey cashmere v-neck are the holy trinity of polished daywear.
6. The marabou-trim trench, October 2016
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Beyond executing the most elegant of bows, Miuccia’s marabou-trim trench coat and climbing sandals are a lesson in finessing classic Prada style, which wasn’t lost on anyone stationed front row for Miu Miu’s SS17 catwalk show in Paris.
7. The leather jacket and pleated skirt, March 2014
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Mrs Prada was doing statement beige way back in 2014 with the leather bowling jacket. Her deft wardrobe assemblage gives a grounding in how to pull off the new-era cult shade—a flash of primrose yellow and unfussy late Nineties-style heels go a long way.
8. The prom skirt, October 2007
When Miuccia does the ballerina silhouette it’s anything but saccharine. At the Hammer Museum’s Gala in the Garden in 2007, her tiered to just below-the-knee skirt became the artistic focal point of an otherwise unshakeably straightforward look.
9. The headband, June 2004
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Cast your mind back to the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, when Mrs Prada demo’d how to dress up a fine knit with lashings of costume jewellery—her crowning glory, that regal headband, offset by an equally luminous smile.
10. The chandelier drop earrings, sandals and a cocktail, 1996
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Rewind to 1996: Miuccia has just enjoyed a cocktail backstage at a Miu Miu show in New York. The look is, of course, a perfect example of the era’s uptown style, but forget the fashion for now—this is one of those candid Nineties mood moments that Pinterest exists for.
11. Snakeprint and purple hosiery, October 1996
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Next up in 1996, the VH1 Fashion Awards in New York (where David Bowie performed Fashion in a McQueen Union Jack dress coat), with more Miuccia magic by way of red platforms, purple hosiery, a snakeskin jacket and another enormous smile.
12. The sheer pastel shift, 1993
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This soul-affirming early Nineties Miu Miu flashback sees Miuccia in a sheer pastel shift (exhibiting her now signature love of black opaque tights) and casually accessorising with supermodels Kate Moss and Linda Evangelista, who are crucially seen wearing similar but not the same looks.
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