Wynn Magazine - Las Vegas
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A look from Prada's Spring/Summer 2016 collection. right: An interior of the new boutique at Wynn. 64 Wynn photography Courtesy of prada ready-to-wear collection currently in store—this time on charming silk blouses. This backstage disquisition was given by Prada's longtime Design Director Fabio Zambernardi (as Miuccia Prada had just lost her beloved 103-year-old aunt), and the information was direct. "Mrs. Prada was obsessed with suits this season, because we really don't do them so much anymore," Zambernardi pointed out. "She likes obsessions." It has been called a return to her roots, a redo of Prada tropes, and certainly it's a collectible season, with the familiar boxy jacket and knee-length skirt, only very, very tweaked. Here are gaudy 1970s intarsia V-neck wool tanks tucked into, and showing right through, starched organza skirts, the matching jackets in matchstick-line print with black edges recalling Lichtenstein or Roberta di Camerino. Also in organza are gorgeous embellished graphic frocks in 1920s fap- per shapes and, in the opposite corner, showstopper leather blazers in stripes of matte, patent, and suede, and boxy suede white-tipped car coats with contrast collars, all in colors more autumnal than spring—raising the question of where, in Prada's global market, is it spring anyway? Those bunny-print silk blouses are worn half untucked, with overlong sleeves bunched down to the knuckles that hold the handbag—and what hand- bags! Some highlights: totes in candy-striped crocodile; a whole stable of top-handle structured lady purses in stripes of colorful calf or croc, as tightly constructed as car seats; a snakeskin purse with steroidal chrome hardware and chain straps thick enough for ships; and the continuing evo- lution of the new Inside Bag. They'll look especially alluring showcased in diva light on the curved walls of accessory cubbies on the Esplanade. "When I started," says the designer, "everybody hated what I was doing except a few clever people." Well, thank you, Mrs. Prada. We can all feel clever now. Prada, Wynn, 702-770-3495 n Wynn LuxuRy