The best vintage Prada pieces to buy online
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Chinoiserie skirt, spring/summer 1997
Chinoiserie skirt, spring/summer 1997
This isn’t the first time Miuccia Prada was to play with nature motifs and thankfully, it wasn’t to be the last. This chinoiserie silk skirt was a key piece in this lauded collection, styled with a mandarin-collar blouse on a kohl-eyed Kate Moss.
Vine sandals, spring/summer 1997
Vine sandals, spring/summer 1997
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The vine wedges, which featured in several show looks, are also available.
Mirrored skirt, spring/summer 1999
Mirrored skirt, spring/summer 1999
Prada’s spring/summer 1999 show was a tale of two stories, as the designer debuted the sporty Linea Rossa line alongside ethereal, embellished pieces like this silk skirt, upon which a constellation of mirror fragments shimmer as the wearer walks. Styled with a starchy, minimal top, it exemplifies the function-meets-fantasy aesthetic Prada has become known for.
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Wool top, autumn/winter 2001
Wool top, autumn/winter 2001
It seems fitting to include a piece from Prada’s autumn/winter 2001 collection, featuring shapes and colours that wouldn’t have looked out of place on Carnaby Street in the 1960s – an aesthetic pioneered by the late Mary Quant. This structured wool top feels as relevant now as it did over 20 years ago – a testament to the genius of Miuccia.
Silk turban, spring/summer 2007
Silk turban, spring/summer 2007
Miuccia Prada’s rich cultural references are present in each and every collection, and this one was exemplary. Crowning every look was a jewel-hued turban – some with exaggerated proportions – a nod to Prada’s global outlook but also to a kind of retro glamour.
Fairy trouser suit, spring/summer 2008
Fairy trouser suit, spring/summer 2008
Prada’s spring/summer 2008 offering has become known among collectors as the ‘fairy collection’, on account of the otherworldly figures (illustrated by LA-based artist James Jean), which were printed and appliqued upon cobweb-light, silk-chiffon dresses and skirts. This beautifully-preserved trouser suit is both a fairy fantasy and collector’s dream.
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Canette bustier dress, spring/summer 2009
Canette bustier dress, spring/summer 2009
Prada’s brand of subversive sex appeal was more than evident in the spring/summer 2009 collection, which took siren-like glamour and made it dishevelled. The mainstay of look 22, this artfully crumpled bustier dress is a lesson in effortless sexiness.
Shorts, autumn/winter 2009
Shorts, autumn/winter 2009
The house’s autumn/winter 2009 show went down in history, not least because it took place in the wake of the stock market crash. Miuccia responded with ‘razor-sharp clarity’, writes Susannah Frankel in her 2019 book, ‘Prada Catwalk’. "There was a rough-hewn, almost rustic quality here that saw any frills, furbelows and vertiginous ornamental footwear give way to heavy wools in sludge colours and waders. Yes, waders." That’s precisely how these short-shorts were styled.
Chandelier shoes, spring/summer 2010
Chandelier shoes, spring/summer 2010
Prada’s chandelier heels, which ornamented many a look in the designer’s spring/summer 2010 show, have become something of a fashion unicorn. Immortalised by the Tumblr era, they’re nigh impossible to get hold of. Although the linked pair is a modified, flat version of the iconic shoe, we couldn’t not include this elusive find.
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Beaded dress, spring/summer 2011
Beaded dress, spring/summer 2011
The spring/summer 2011 show was bananas, with the potassium-rich fruit printed on peplum-hem skirts and bowling shirts, made into earrings (which Miuccia wears to this day), and intricately embellished upon this flapper-style dress. Wear it as it was styled for look 29 – with sleek hair and raffia heels.
Car-print skirt, spring/summer 2012
Car-print skirt, spring/summer 2012
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1996’s geometry, 2000’s lipsticks, 2011’s bananas… Prada knows how to create collectible motifs. A prime example is the now-iconic car print from spring/summer 2012, a show heavily influenced by Fifties Americana.
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