Prada showcased their Autumn/Winter 2026 Menswear Collection earlier this Sunday during the on-going Milan Fashion Week. Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons commemorates the spirit of the show’s title “Before And Next” through exploring new designs with echoes of the past.

Known for precise silhouettes, Prada’s newest collection has not strayed away from the expected — that is until we look closer into the mould.

The world at large is clouded by a period of constant clutter and movement. Prada presents a familiarity, constructions that arrange sophistication to be in line with stability. Nonetheless, in a response to the conventional, this season’s artistry is in the materials that exhibits itself as an aged artifacts of sorts.

Taking a look at the wrists from pieces of this collection: mould, mildew and staining came to be the signature of this collection.

Prada’s delicate artistry in creating such details reminds us of how the garments, which exist in the present, used to live a life in the past. In a way, the collection symbolises how clothes can be a carrier to retain traces from another time.

Collaged prints draw patterns from different periods such as the Renaissance and roman-esque textiles, combining them to create a visual dialogue across eras. An homage to displacement and antiquity sets the tone for the collection’s color palette and textures, grounding them in a reverence for the past.

Aside from the aged stainings, key pieces of the season include color blocked trenchcoats, quilted down jackets and high-buttoning topcoats — set for the chilly autumn of 2026.

The show unfolded at the Deposito of the Fondazione Prada, a liminal setting that transforms vestiges of private interior lives into a shared arena for "public display, connection and unity".

In attendance are notable Prada ambassadors including Win Metawin, Louis Partridge, Troye Sivan, Maya Hawke and more.