It was the best of times, it was the worst of times—or so the saying goes. Take a look around. In Hong Kong, a fight over an extradition bill has led to months-long protests that have escalated into violence. In America, demagoguery and a recession of morals. In Britain, a half-baked exit from the European Union built on decades-old chasms in class and wealth. In the Kashmir region, a nuclear sword of a Damocles situation between two nations vying for territory. In Korea… you get the idea.
Unrest is all around, so it was no wonder that on the runways, fashion designers responded to these events. After all, fashion has always been representative of the times—or what Diana Vreeland once called “the daily air” that “changes all the time, with all the events”. So the gist of the season was this: When faced with these tensions, do you fight or flee?
On a purely aesthetic level, that meant a binary outlook that leaned either towards the militaristic or bohemian. The former is obvious enough: a literal “fight” response, where the idea is to gear up, toughen up, and prepare for the worst. The latter is more escapist—a daydream away from conflict that lines up with fashion fantasy.
PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
Leading the charge amidst all this turmoil is, without surprise, Miuccia Prada. The designer, who holds a PhD in political science, is not one to shy away from the hard questions of the day, tackling them in her own unique way. This season’s collection was titled “Anatomy of Romance”, which hinted at a deconstruction and assessment of romance. In the show notes, the brand cited an interest in the “interplay between different dichotomies” and of the “suggestion of two lovers meeting”—war and peace are, after all, two sides of the same coin.
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