Even when there's nothing in the room, Miuccia Prada can send a powerful signal. For fall, she'd stripped her show space back to its bare industrial bones, and so it was with the collection. "To go back to something structured, strong, and womanly, to strip back on stupid frills, print, and decoration" was how she described her quest. "But," she added, "even though we are talking about minimalism again, it cannot be sad and depressing.