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Prada and Unesco-IOC announce Sea Beyond developments

Italian luxury fashion house Prada and Unesco’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) have announced developments in Sea Beyond, an education project for secondary schools around the world to raise awareness on ocean preservation and sustainability. The Prada Group and Unesco-IOC will launch a competition for students to freely...

Mar 24, 2022

Business

Prada and Unesco-IOC announce Sea Beyond developments

Mar 24, 2022

Management

Prada Group appoints three new members to leadership team

Luxury conglomerate The Prada Group has announced three strategic appointments to refresh its top management team. Andrea Bonini will be joining the group as chief financial officer, taking over Alessandra Cozzani, who will be leaving the company from September 30 to pursue other professional opportunities. Reporting to chief executive officers...

Mar 24, 2022

ManagementFeatured

Prada reports strong Q4 sales, swings to FY profit

Prada has swung to a full-year net profit after experiencing strong sales growth in the second half of the year. In the year ended December 31, the Italian fashion house made revenue of 3.366 billion euros, up 41 percent compared to 2020 and up 8 percent compared to pre-pandemic 2019 levels. That trend accelerated in the fourth quarter, with...

Mar 15, 2022

Fashion Featured

MFW: A pragmatic Prada gets a bold shoulder for AW22

As Prada forges deeper into its co-creative partnership between Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, two years into a collaboration that began in 2020, a visceral language is starting to unfold. The Prada-tropes have been there from the start, but re-birthed with a more modern execution. The sleek triangle logo has been brought to the fore, no doubt...

Feb 25, 2022

Fashion

MFW goes on despite worries over Ukrainian invasion

The fashion set put their best face forward on Thursday despite worries over the invasion of Ukraine, as Milan Fashion Week guests and workers vowed to go on with the shows. The lineup, which included Emporio Armani, MM6 Maison Margiela, Prada and Moschino appeared to go off with all the studied nonchalance expected at fashion events -- but some...

Feb 25, 2022

Culture

Prada Mode comes to Los Angeles

Prada presented its seventh edition of Prada Mode, “a travelling social club”, at Los Angeles restaurant Genghis Cohen, coinciding with the city’s art fair, Frieze. The two-day event centred around honouring artist Martine Syms, who unveiled the immersive installation ‘HelLA World’ at the location. The text and video piece consisted of equal...

Feb 22, 2022

Fashion Featured

Milan Fashion Week returns with a buzzy calendar of physical shows

Milan Fashion Week starts on Tuesday, with more physical shows and in-person events since the start of the pandemic, culminating in 169 planned presentations. After a subdued New York and London devoid of big ticket brands, Milan is back with a buzzing schedule, including the return of Kering heavyweights Gucci and Bottega Veneta to its official...

Feb 21, 2022

Retail

Prada becomes luxury retailer with most LEED certified stores

Italian luxury firm, the Prada Group has announced it has now certified the largest number of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4.1 Operations and Maintenance stores in the luxury sector, holding 80 LEED certifications across its international boutiques. It has further expanded its mission to LEED certify around 300 of its...

Feb 17, 2022

Report

Prada appoints two ESG experts as non-exec board members

Italian luxury label Prada has appointed ESG experts Pamela Culpepper and Anna Maria Rugarli to its board of directors. Pamela Culpepper is the co-founder of Have Her Back, a female-owned and led culture consultancy focused on advancing equity. She was also the chief human resources officer at exchange holding company Cboe Global Markets, and...

Jan 31, 2022

Fashion

Prada taps Tom Holland, star of Spiderman, for its latest campaign

Prada’s latest menswear campaign sees Tom Holland, star of Spiderman and the Marvel universe, as the face of its Spring Summer 2022 collection. Prada, which has long had a history favouring actors over models to front its campaigns, re-contextualised the actor renowned for his action hero roles, to become an embodiment of today’s Prada man. The...

Jan 25, 2022

Video

Video: Prada at Milan Men's Fashion Week

In this video, Italian luxury fashion house Prada has presented its FW22 collection at Milan Men's Fashion Week (MFW) featuring actor Jeff Goldblum. Watch the video below. Video: Prada via YouTube Photo credit: Prada, Facebook

Jan 24, 2022