Prada Launches A Series of Digital Talks On Instagram

In a pandemic that has affected the entire world, what role does fashion have to play? Fashion, according to one of the most influential luxury fashion brands in the world, exists as part of a wider cultural conversation: a participant in a dialogue between different beliefs, disciplines and mediums.

With that in mind, Prada has come up with a series of live dialogues between thinkers, cultural arbiters and fashion figures all around the world, to you from comforts of your couch. 

Dubbed "Prada Possible Conversations," the series starts with Pamela Golbin, the author, curator and Artistic Director of Jacquard x Google Arts & Culture Residency, and Alexander Fury, fashion features director of AnOther Magazine and the Men’s Critic of the Financial Times. The duo will be engaging in a dialogue following the topic of “Fashion in Times of Crises,” on April 14 that will be broadcasted via Prada’s Instagram.

Additionally, Prada will contribute a donation to UNESCO with each Prada Possible Conversation, which will go towards education for over 1.5 billion students who have been affected by the coronavirus worldwide, and a programme to increase international cooperation in science.

Topics from this digital series will range from the intersecting spheres of culture, comprising of fashion, art, architecture, cinema and thought, the latter covering topics from philosophy, to psychology and literature.

Keeping with the philosophy that fashion is inherently dialectical, the conversation is extended to the floor: as a member of the audience, you can also expect to pose questions to the speakers.

This digital initiative comes in the light of the ongoing pandemic, a much needed avenue that explores culture impacted by the shifting times.