PRADA showed another standout collection for S/S 2018. Inspiration carried through from the Prada men's show in June: comics and stories told through narrative frames. This time, the show celebrated the work of eight female artists, "women drawn by women." And some of the clothes, brilliantly, looked as if they'd stepped right out of a manga page. A 2D effect, carried through on jackets, skirts, and pants, gave the illusion of depth and a hand-illustrated look. Contours carved by SHARPIE. The woman imagined in this collection might be the heroine of a future-retro detective story, noir mixed with electro. There was a clash of uniform trenches and overcoats with flashes of leopard, zebra, and tiger stripe. Loved how the manga-style frames appeared throughout the collection—repeat prints and illustrations ran over coats, bags, shirts, and shoes. The label is still provocative. Still stands for creativity. That can be tough to filter and spread through a wider universe of merch. The influence of Prada's tessuto nylon handbags and hip-slung fanny packs are back with the wave of '90s trends. Can the company sweep fashion with another cult category of accessories today? LUCA SOLCA has some thoughts on the company's merchandising strategy... More from Milan: FENDI, LUISA BECCARIA, MAX MARA, and JEREMY SCOTT's world of pop at MOSCHINO. The space Scott has carved out, bringing savvy merchandising and brand collabs to the label, is both a logical progression and further commercialization of FRANCO MOSCHINO's vision from the 1980s. This season it's MY LITTLE PONY... Some good stuff coming through in bitstreams: the second episode of former FASHION BROS podcast FAILING UPWARDS and RED BULL TV's second episode of SOCIAL FABRIC, on t-shirts... DIOR's first US retrospective will open in DENVER... LVMH announces environmental efforts... RIP LILIANE BETTENCOURT.