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A model wears a creation as part of the Prada women's Spring Summer 2024 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Prada explores lightness with windswept translucent chiffon for next summer

Designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have achieved an unbearable lightness in a series of translucent chiffon dresses that gently cosseted the form, trailed by wispy strands of the finest organza.
 
A model wears a creation as part of the Prada women's Fall-Winter 2023-24 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Prada, Emporio Armani, Max Mara promote modesty in Milan

 
FILE - Miuccia Prada, left, and Raf Simons depart after the Prada Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. The Prada fashion house began charting a line of succession on its business side, announcing Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 that it is tapping a former LVMH executive as its next CEO, while confirming that Miuccia Prada will continue in her creative roles. Andrea Guerra is set to be confirmed by the board next month as the new CEO, succeeding Patrizio Bertelli, who will remain on as chairman. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)

Prada charts line of business succession, tapping new CEO

 
A model wears a creation as part of the Prada women's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Prada, Max Mara back to pre-pandemic splendor in Milan

 
A model wears a creation as part of the Prada men's Spring Summer 2023 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Prada mixes nostalgia and grunge for summer 2023 menswear

 

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United States' actor Jeff Goldblum wears a creation as part of the Prada men's Fall-Winter 2022-23 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Jeff Goldblum, Kyle MacLachlan bookend Prada menswear show

Jeff Goldblum infused Milan Fashion Week with some levity as he shimmied down the Prada runway in a dark overcoat that cast a dramatic silhouette.
 
A giant screen streams a Moschino fashion live show presenting the women's Fall Winter 2021-22 collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Prada sees virtues to preserve in digital runways

MILAN (AP) — Miuccia Prada has adapted to the digital runway and isn’t ready to give up its lessons when the pandemic is over.
 
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 file photo, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, left, hold a press conference in Milan, Italy, on the sidelines of the Milan Fashion Week. Like other fashion designers participating in the Milan's fashion week Prada showed their collection on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in a digital form. Prada said that she had always ''tried to ignore'' technology. But during Italy's strict lockdown, which shut down all nonessential industries, Prada said that she began to see technology as ''a kind of extension of ourselves.'' (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)

Prada-Simons dialogue launches in virtual Milan preview

Milan designers skirted the line between the virtual and the physical Thursday, taking lessons learned in lockdown to create new collections that are relevant in a reshaped world.
 
Model Yasmin Le Bon wears a creation as part of the Fendi 2021 women's spring-summer ready-to-wear collection during the Milan's fashion week in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism

MILAN (AP) — The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury’s dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims to excite consumers and connect with the buying network.
 
FILE - In this Jan.18, 2018 file photo, designer Kim Jones, centre, accepts applause as he walks with models Kate Moss, right, and Naomi Campbell after his Louis Vuitton men's Fall-Winter 2018/2019 fashion collection presented in Paris. Rome fashion house Fendi announced Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 that Kim Jones is taking over from the late Karl Lagerfeld as creative director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections. Jones will take on the Fendi duties while staying on as artistic director of Dior Homme. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Fendi taps Dior designer Kim Jones to succeed Karl Lagerfeld

ROME (AP) — Rome fashion house Fendi announced Wednesday that Kim Jones is succeeding the late Karl Lagerfeld as creative director of haute couture, ready-to-wear and fur collections for women.
 
President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump, left, talk with German Chancellor Angela Merkel second from the left and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US first lady welcomed in Belgium with music and fashion

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump returned to the international stage Wednesday as she mingled with the spouses of America’s closest allies over classical music, fashion and chocolate.
 

On a massive bed of popcorn, Raf Simons re-examines America

NEW YORK (AP) — Some highlights Tuesday from New York Fashion Week:

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CALVIN KLEIN: AMERICA, ON A BED OF POPCORN (AND HOLD THE BUTTER, PLEASE)
 
Fashion designer Raf Simons acknowledge cheers after unveiling his men's collection during Fashion Week, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Raf Simons men’s collection

 

Raf Simons evokes ‘70s Berlin drug culture in menswear show

RAF SIMONS LAYS A SUMPTUOUS TABLE