NEW BEGINNINGS
The concept of new beginnings is usually reserved for spring—a resurgence of nature’s vivid colours after a period of reset. But with all that is happening in the world today, autumn/winter 2021 is proving to be one where the notion rings true as well.
Shown during (mostly) virtual fashion weeks this past January, the autumn/winter 2021 collections were conceptualised after about a year of unprecedented global change. The sense of derailment of what was previously comfortable and familiar created new style codes as fashion designers crafted based on the shifts in consumers’ lifestyles.
It is a time for new beginnings. As we begin to adapt and wrest control for some form of normalcy once again, we’re about to do so armed with fashion that’s reflective of the new and possibly the unknown.
A NEW ERA AT PRADA
After a debut showing of the womenswear effort between co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, eyes were all on the duo’s first Prada menswear collection. The former proved to be a teaser of what’s to come for Prada’s historic era of having two of fashion’s most celebrated minds helming the creative direction of
