Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
Miuccia PradaWomen have the stress of being beautiful, of age and youth. Men don't have all that. And with women, that stress causes a lot of mistakes and bad choices - a lot of not being their true self.
Miuccia PradaWhat interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.
Miuccia PradaThe fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be.
Miuccia PradaIf I have done anything, it is to make ugly appealing. In fact, most of my work is concerned with destroyingโor at least deconstructingโconventional ideas of beauty, of the generic appeal of the beautiful, glamorous, bourgeois woman. Fashion fosters clichรฉs of beauty, but I want to tear them apart.
Miuccia Prada