Top architects Elizabeth Diller, Kazuyo Sejima, and Cini Boeri create wearable Prada masterpieces.
, whose designs are as different as they are visionary. The Italian-born Boeri, who turns 95 this year, is best known for her highly functional furniture. “The basic concept of a project should be that of helping man in every aspect of his life,” she states. For Prada, she offered a messenger-style bag with removable and adjustable elements that is, in her words, “as clean and sober as possible.” Sejima, on the other hand, went wild.
For her part, Diller experimented with the notion of the garment bag—“It’s underthought,” she says—by adding zippers and a belt strap, transforming it into a raincoat, named the Envelope. Additionally, she created the Yoke, a bag that hangs over the wearer’s shoulders and contains pockets for everything from “a cellphone to a sandwich.” With a simple magnetic snap, it contracts into a clutch.
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