Anatomy of Prada's Fall/Winter 2024 Embroidered Bow Dress
Exactly how much work goes into making Prada’s Fall/Winter 2024 embroidered dress featuring tone-on-tone bows? L’OFFICIEL SINGAPORE finds out here.
Prada’s embroidered dress, with tone-on-tone satin bows, is a piece that truly showcases the Italian house’s craftsmanship. The creation of the dress starts with sablé fabric being cut — this panel is assembled with a silk lining, which becomes the back of the dress. It is in the first steps that the embroidery, in a classic chevron pattern, is positioned. An embroiderer then prepares satin ribbons in a manner that matches the chevron pattern, before hand-placing the ribbons on the fabric. Steam pressing and drying lends the piece that worn-look, which is characteristic of many Prada garments. Next, bows are sewn at spots along the chevron pattern of ribbons. After a subsequent pressing step, more bows are sewn, this time around the neck and at the hips. And voilà!
In Numbers: Prada's Fall/Winter 2024 Embroidered Bow Dress
35 bows are prepared, shaped and ironed one by one
50 m of ribbon used
13 hours needed for the embroidery process
Of these 13 hours, seven hours are required for the chevron pattern and six for the bows
