Having taken over her family business in 1978, by the early ’90s Miuccia Prada was earning a reputation as a fashion maverick, one who subtly subverted fashion codes. Subtle is the operative word for her ladylike Spring 1992 show in which models wore bouffants and gloves in the manner of Jacqueline Kennedy and Brigitte Bardot (cue blonde Karen Mulder in a headscarf). “I like to link the future with the past,” the designer told Vogue, which reported that the designer was “inspired by the crisp fabrics and tailoring of 1950s and 1960s haute couture.”
