#prada

#prada

Much like Elizabeth Taylor before her, Miuccia Prada has her own love-affair with jewellery - an avid collector, witness the extraordinary antique pieces she often wears to bow at the end of her catwalk shows - delicate diamond chandelier earrings, brooches set with great hunks of jade, even a gold chain necklace studded with golf-ball sized lion's heads by Van Cleef & Arpels. Her fascination with these pieces, of course, extends beyond demonstrations of wealth or mere decoration, neither of which have interested Prada in her design work, nor personal wardrobe.

The designer Marc Jacobs has famously talked about "The Prada-ness" as an abstract quality of design integrity and throbbing desire that twitches behind the best of that brand's offerings.

Cow print, long associated with the runway, has resurfaced in fashion with brands like Dior and Bottega Veneta showcasing this trending motif in recent collections.