2017.1.1

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MinMax_41 Left to right 2000.108.1 (ensemble), 2004.49.4 (dress), 2011.18.10 (coat ensemble), 2014.61.3 (ensemble), 2018.12.40 (blue ensemble), 2018.12.23 (bag), 2008.77.1 (dress), 2017.1.1 (backpack), 2000.32.7 (ensemble), 2006.7.3 (suit), 97.36.3 (black gown), 2008.80.3 (coat), 2009.32.1 (dress), 2001.65.1 (dress wall)

MinMax_16 Left to right 2008.77.1 (dress), 2017.1.1 (backpack), 2000.32.7 (ensemble), 2006.7.3 (suit), 97.36.3 (black gown), 2008.80.3 (coat), 2009.32.1 (dress)

Object: Bag

Brand: Prada (Italian, founded 1913)

Date: c. 1993

Medium: Nylon and leather

Country: Italy

Credit Line: Anonymous donor

Object number: 2017.1.1

DescriptionBlack nylon drawstring closure backpack with front zipper pocket, adjustable nylon strap with leather trim, silver metal hardware, Prada logo plate

Label Text:Simply decorated with its triangular logo, Prada’s black nylon backpack became a minimalist status symbol of the 1990s. Constructed from industrial materials, it epitomized “invisible luxury.” In 1990, Prada professed to the The New Yorker, “I want always to mix the industrial way of doing things, with the patrimonio of the past, with the artisanal tradition.”

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Accessories

Exhibitions:

Reinvention and Restlessness: Fashion in the Nineties
Minimalism / Maximalism: Fashion Extremes