At Prada, Rules Bend, Colours Pop, and Style Feels New Again

Uniforms have always promised order—tidy lines, clear roles, no room for deviation. But what happens when you undo the rules? When a military shirt slips over a cocktail dress, when a bra dissolves into chiffon, when gloves ruffle like petals in neon green? At Prada this Spring/Summer 2026 season, Creative Directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons proposed a different kind of uniform: one built on freedom rather than conformity.

As in June’s menswear outing, the windows of…