FASHION

Prada’s Parallel Universe

A pint-size car racing along a pair of Dixie sunglasses, a man teeing off on the bridge of a pair of Teddy sunnies, studded Rocket shoes becoming the roofs of twinkling skyscrapers. What world is...


A pint-size car racing along a pair of Dixie sunglasses, a man teeing off on the bridge of a pair of Teddy sunnies, studded Rocket shoes becoming the roofs of twinkling skyscrapers. What world is this? It’s the design house’s surreal Spring 2012-inspired concoction: “Where two parallel universes meet under the auspices of Prada style.” The mesmerizing gifs were dreamed up by Vahram Muratyan, the Armenian-born illustrator who came to fame with his playful, graphic images depicting the differences between Paris and New York.

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