Gucci And Prada Show: Together In Milan

Prada is a well-known Italian fashion company also known as a "label" or "house" with retail outlets worldwide and currently considered as one of the most influential clothing designers in the fashion industry. And Gucci is also an Italian iconic fashion and leather goods label. Gucci is considered one of the most famous, prestigious, and easily recognizable fashion brands in the world.


Gucci and Prada Show in MilanTwo different well-known brand of apparels and often been at opposite ends of the fashion spectrum - minimalist versus maximalist, or translated into the vernacular, plain versus showy.


This time around is no exception. For the fall-winter 2008-2009 Miuccia Prada wants her man more illusion than reality, while Frida Giannini for Gucci is all about in-the-face flash.


While Miuccia has no particular model in mind for her effete male figure, Frida says she "fell in love" with Eugene Hutz, the Ukrainian lead singer of the hip New York band, Gogol Bordello, and his flamboyant Gypsy style.


The Gucci collection is laden with details gleaned from Russian folklore — from richly embroidered silk shirts to oversized fur outerwear.via