Prada: What women really want

The crumpled silk skirt suits and bra tops in tobacco and bronze, and the prints modelled after reptile skins or cave-paintings of fish represented, said Mrs Prada backstage after the show, "primitivism and the clothes that women primitively want - bras and panties, gold and animal skin." Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

The success of the collection currently in store, which she based on lace "because it follows women through their lives" inspired her to continue exploring the theme of what women really, really want. Photograph: STR/AFP

Red makes waves in this pencil skirt Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

A model takes a tumble Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

A chocolate brown bra looks good enough to eat Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Fabulous bow-tied heels Photograph: Matteo Bazzi/EPA

Opulent golds Photograph: STR/AFP

Snakeskin heels at the Prada show Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

More from Prada Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP