Nine well-known Chinese actors and actresses walked the runway for Prada’s latest collection in Beijing. A special show unlike any other.
Luxury fashion brand Prada unveiled its latest Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection in Beijing. The restaged Prada show featured 51 looks with slightly altered styling and a few additional pieces from the previous show. Yihan “Chace” Zhu, a famous rock band Mandarin frontman and DJ, mentions how the elements of juxtaposition from Depeche Mode’s soundtrack further enhanced the show.
The event was live-streamed on the brand’s social media platforms, Weibo, Douyin and Tencent Video, with more than 92.7 million viewers. The collection pieces were given new emphasis and significance as they were tailored and perceived as formal wear combined with evening wear.
The collection celebrated a genderless significance as the body was highlighted through traditional tailoring. The pieces featured a silhouette that slowly transformed into everyday garments. Contradictory as they were, the two concepts merged together beautifully in the form of apparel.
“Conceived alongside one another, the collections are unified in their fascination with and reflection of humanity, a celebration of life and living – a fundamental principle of Prada.”
Sartorial construction methods applied to knitwear, bomber jackets, and soft dresses for women gave a twist to the iterations. The Juxtapositions were seen both- between garments as well as within their construction. This allowed the merging of the materializations and decoration of the outfits. Flaunting Prada’s classic heritage, the geometrics were converted to jacquard knits while the embroideries and colors were prominent, weaving some incredible memories and moments.
THE CAST
“The cast of this reinterpretation of the Prada Fall/Winter 2022 shows features nine renowned Chinese actors, including Prada Ambassadors Chun Xia and Li YiFeng alongside Bai YuFan, Guo KeYu, Huang Jue, Huang MiYi, Liao Fan, Rayza, Kara Wai. Supermodels Du Juan, Jin DaChuan, Ju XiaoWen, Cici Xiang and Zhao Lei also appear.”
THE COLLECTION
“Pragmatic pieces are given new emphasis and significance, tailoring and perceived uniforms of employ combined with the language of evening clothes. For all genders, elegance becomes a means of celebration, of imparting significance. The body is given emphasis through traditional tailoring, a silhouette then transmuted to everyday garments, the two disciplines not only juxtaposed but brought together as one. Sartorial construction methods are applied to knitwear and bomber jackets for men, to soft dresses for women, to afford new forms. Elementally Prada, an eccentricity of surface is combined with spare silhouettes. Juxtapositions are made both between garments, and within their construction, combining materializations and decoration. Referent to Prada’s own heritage, geometrics are translated to jacquard knits, embroideries and colors echoed, memories of collections evoked.” By Prada
THE SHOWSPACE
“The Prada Fall/Winter 2022 show is held at Beijing’s Prince Jun’s Mansion, originally built in 1648, and staged within a site-specific scenography conceived by AMO for the Yin An Palace, situated in the center of Prince Jun’s Mansion. A visual continuity is expressed throughout via lighting elements that reinterpret traditional Chinese lanterns, creating atmospheric spaces. Bright ceilings and vertical partitions of three-dimensional triangular modules cast a warm ambience of soft pink light, emphasized by reflections in the ponds of the palace grounds. In contrast with crafted lighting elements, floor and the seating areas are covered with treadplate metal sheets, a mirroring surface to amplify light and color.” By Prada
