If there can be a single fashion house that can be credited with dictating trends every season, Prada is it – and next season Mrs Miuccia has firstly cast black as secure on the fashion agenda for next winter, and secondly decreed that if you don’t want to wear black you can smother yourself with mosaic prints in mismatching colours from head to toe. And both options carry with them plenty of jewels to match. “It’s always fascinating to see what Miuccia does – and always challenging to work out what all her inspirations have been. She does this pendulum swing from season to season and with the spring collection being so pretty and light, this was much more austere – it almost had a religious feel to it at times,” said Alexandra Shulman afterwards.