What does femininity mean today, asks Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons in the show notes for their Fall 2025 Prada collection. Entitled “Raw Glamour” the runway was an investigation into what it means to be all done up—and all undone. Staged at the Fondazione Prada, models walked through a moodily-lit space punctuated by metal scaffolding like the kind that you’d find on an average city block in New York or backstage at a production much like the very one Prada and Simons held. The collection explores the tension between the hyper-polished and the messy and unfinished. Meant to uncover what is most often obscured and lift the veil on the process of making something beautiful and complete, Prada’s take on raw glamour stands to eclipse the vision of elegant dressing that has so far been at the forefront of fashion. According to Prada, we’ll all be embracing a bit of messiness this fall.
As for what that actually looked like? Garments featured fraying hems and came in purposely ill-fitting shapes, shoes were scuffed up and distressed, and even models’ hair was frizzy and their faces completely bare. They were punctuated by high octane elements like high-pile fur coats, bejeweled collar necklaces, and delicate chain-strap handbags that suggest a far more lived-in idea of what it means to be glamorous and elegant. In fact, finding beauty in the incomplete is a theme that Prada has been exploring for several seasons now. On recent Miu Miu runways, models wore chipped nails and mussed hair. It’s all about the woman on the go, Prada seems to say, of someone who’s in a rush and too busy to put together the perfect blowout or do a multi-step makeup routine. It’s the antithesis of the glossy brand campaigns, editorial spreads, and Instagram images that make up much of fashion’s visual language right now. And for many, this hyperrealistic perspective feels intensely refreshing.
“For me glamour is not a sexy dress. It’s an interior point of view where you feel important,” the eponymous designer shared with i-D of the collection. Ahead, explore the key takeaways to know from the Prada fall/winter 2025 show.
Tailored to Imperfection
At its core, Prada is rooted in renowned tailoring. It’s the origins of the label, after all, but this season’s tailoring subverts the idea of perfection in fit and form. Models emerged in traditionally well-tailored pieces that were purposely ill-fitting and almost doll-like in their shapes, whether that was an awkwardly upsized dress or paper-bag skirt with too-large folds.
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Coming Undone
It wasn’t just in the way the models hair and makeup was overly messed-up. Many of the clothes featured raw and unfinished hems and shirts especially came with pre-set wrinkles and creases and presses that created a lived-in feel.
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(Image credit: Prada)
Freaky Fur
Fur got… freaky. So far this fashion month, fur outerwear has been taking center stage and the Prada is only cementing the trend further. Although instead of the sophisticated versions that have thus far been the subject of our attention, Prada’s naturally were a little bit, well, off. Fur collars, coats, and stoles came in upsized proportions and twisted shapes that lent a much more dramatic feel.
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(Image credit: Launchmetrics Spotlight/Prada)
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Prim and Proper Finishings
While the overtone was one of messiness, it was punctuated by elements of high glamour. Bejeweled collar necklaces, delicate chain-strap bags, and ornate brooches were some of the prim-and-proper details that created a tension between the perfect and imperfect.
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(Image credit: Launchmetrics Spotlight/Prada)
(Image credit: Launchmetrics Spotlight/Prada)
(Image credit: Prada)
A Moment for the Shoes
It wouldn’t be a Prada runway discussion if we weren’t zooming in on the shoes, and this season, they arrived as ultra-worn-in versions. Pumps featured heavy distressing with fading leather and the kind of nicks and scratches that come after years of use without many visits to the cobbler. Sneakers, too, were defined by scuffing and discoloration while penny loafers (and knee-high penny loafer boots) arrived in intriguing peep-toe silhouettes that we’ll be keeping a close eye on come fall.
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(Image credit: Launchmetrics Spotlight/Prada)
(Image credit: Launchmetrics Spotlight/Prada)
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