You’ve heard what we’ve had to say, now it’s time to pass the microphone to the people who dreamed up and made the garments that came down the runways. There’s no universal message for spring 2024, a season in which desires for freedom and lightness coexisted with a focus on garments and their construction. Designers’ sensitivity isn’t limited to sniffing out what’s next, but can also be connected to their emotional states. As for many of the rest of us, it’s been a bumpy ride of late, and a few creators decided to share their struggles and vulnerabilities. That they’re quoted here shows that they stayed strong. Hear what they have to say below.
Photo: Isidore Montag / Gorunway.com
“I got tired talking about ideas—let’s talk about clothes.”
— Miuccia Prada, Prada
Ph: Armando Grillo / Gorunway.com
“I wanted to doing almost nothing. I see so many complicated things, so many embroideries, so many decorative things, that I wanted to take it all off, to do no more than necessary. To make a clean canvas. Start again a new chapter for Saint Laurent.”
— Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent
