Prada 1998FW Top holding austerity and decoration in

holding austerity and decoration in tension

her main-line collections were structured as single-concept studies

transposing menswear codes into a softly tailored

A dress from Prada's spring/summer 2004 collection

Grey binding frames the scoop neckline and armholes

Prada 1998FW Top holding austerity and decoration inA top from Prada's Autumn Winter 1998 collection, designed by Miuccia Prada, who held sole creative authority at the house from her first ready to wear line in 1988. The season sits within Prada's late 1990s 'ugly chic' period, characterised by deliberately off key colour, retro and geometric prints, and subverted proportions made desirable through context. The Milanese house was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada as Fratelli Prada.