Prada 2008FW Dress with wide short sleeves and

with wide short sleeves and a sheer overlay extending beyond the body

The mid-1990s belong to the house's collectible 'golden era' of drape-led womenswear

producing largely by hand in his own Paris workshop

Yohji Yamamoto has directed the house himself since its Paris debut in 1981

the house's sole creative director throughout this period

Prada 2008FW Dress with wide short sleeves andA dress from Prada's autumn winter 2008 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada under her sole creative direction. The piece dates to a period of conceptual, often historically referential collections, in which craft and embellishment were set against restraint. Prada was founded in Milan in 1913 as Fratelli Prada.