The company has unveiled a collaboration with the Chinese hit TV series “Blossoms Shanghai”, which includes four key looks worn by Chinese actress Ma Yili on screen.
“Blossoms Shanghai”, adapted from Shanghainese writer Jin Yucheng‘s award-winning 2012 novel “Blossoms”, is a 30-episode period drama directed by Wong Kar Wai, which was seven years in the making.
Set in ’90s Shanghai, the show is a coming-of-age story about ambitious entrepreneurs at a time of economic prosperity. Complete with lavish set designs and shot through a nostalgic filter, the series quickly became a cultural phenomenon for its cinematic quality and the use of the Shanghainese dialect.
The collaboration was more than three years in the making, when Wong’s team first reached out to Prada to pull items for the filming. The Prada x Blossoms Shanghai collection is mainly a celebration of the wardrobe of Lingzi, one of the three female protagonists in the TV series. Played by Chinese actress Ma Yili, Lingzi is a spiffy restaurateur known for her fashion-forward wardrobe.
