Coat
2014 {spring-summer 2014}
- Medium
- wool, viscose, polyester, glass (beads), sequins, metal (fastenings), silk (lining)
- Measurements
- 101.5 cm (centre back) 56.5 cm (sleeve length)
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- label, centre back neckline, woven in black on blue acetate: PRADA / MILANO
- Accession Number
- 2014.490
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Bertocchi family, 2014
© Prada, Milan
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Coat, from Prada’s critically acclaimed spring–summer 2014 collection, captures Miuccia Prada’s aesthetic and the strong feminist themes regularly present in her work which reflect her background in political science. As the designer has said, ‘I was concerned with women and the strength of women. We are here, we are strong, we are visible, we are kind of fighters … I wanted to give encouragement, to be out there … I want to inspire women to struggle’. The decorative bra becomes a signifier of women’s power within a constrained, classic silhouette.