Scarlett Conlon

2 days ago | monocle.com | Scarlett Conlon

OMA/AMO offer a rare glimpse behind the curtain and a peek at how the statement-making, rule-breaking stages at the Prada Foundation come to life. Of all the big reveals that fashion week has to offer, one of the most hotly anticipated can't be modelled, worn or bought. Rather, it's the theatrical sets for Prada's seasonal shows. Staged inside the Prada Foundation, these backdrops make as much of an impression as the collections themselves.

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Scarlett Conlon

Miuccia Prada may argue that her collections are not a response to the global political landscape. But in keeping with the theme for her spring/summer 2026 menswear collection shown in Milan on Sunday, there may be a change of tone. Army-style epaulettes and shoulder patches with a fringed twist. Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/ReutersThe show notes shared with journalists described the collection as representing “a shift of attitude – dismantling of meaning and dismantling power”.

6 days ago | wallpaper.com | Scarlett Conlon

The good thing about having an office overflowing with a lifetime of memorabilia like Paul Smith? You never know when something special from the past might pop up and inspire you next. Recently, it was a souvenir book from Cairo that reappeared as if from nowhere that Smith had picked up while exploring the Pyramids with his wife, Pauline, many moons ago.

1 month ago | wallpaper.com | Scarlett Conlon

It was in 1959 that Valentino Garavani revealed his first collection to instant acclaim in Rome – including a dress, ‘La Fiesta’, in a bold shade of red. Some 66 years later, the singular, Pantone-recognised colour that has defined his prolific body of work ever since is being celebrated mere metres from where his career started.

2 months ago | 10magazine.com | Scarlett Conlon

Loewe! Prada! Gucci! Fashion’s other favourite design week took place in Milan this week: Salone del Mobile. It’s hard to exaggerate the scale of Salone del Mobile at the moment. Once the design world’s coming together to promote Italian home furnishings and design coming together, the annual design extravaganza is increasingly starting to feel like the place that every luxury fashion house has bumped up to the top of their agenda after – alongside, even – fashion week. Why? it’s four-fold.