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Eliza Grant

Sadie Sink Wears a Backless White Prada Dress to Open Milan Fashion Week

Sadie Sink returned to Prada's front row on September 22, 2026, attending the brand's Spring/Summer 2027 womenswear show at Fondazione Prada's Deposito in Milan. The presentation opened Milan Fashion Week, with Prada shifting into the season's first slot rather than its traditional Thursday position, a scheduling change that put extra attention on the show's arrivals from the start.

Sink wore a white Prada halter midi dress with a high, wrapped neckline and an open back, cut close at the sides and finished with a long, narrow tie that ran down the spine. The fluid skirt fell below the calf, keeping the silhouette pared back and monochrome. She paired the dress with black slingback pumps, oval sunglasses and a small white top-handle bag that matched the dress, a contrast of black-and-white accessories against the otherwise all-white look.

The appearance continues Sink's ongoing relationship with Prada, where she holds ambassador status and has worn the house's designs across red carpets, campaigns and prior runway shows. She sat front row alongside fellow ambassador Maya Hawke, with Hawke's mother, Uma Thurman, seated nearby. Michelle Williams, Naomi Watts, Hunter Schafer, Camila Mendes and Emilia Clarke were also among the attendees, reflecting the wide mix of actors, musicians and internet-era names Prada has drawn to its Deposito venue in recent seasons.

This season's look marked a shift from Sink's Prada appearance at the brand's Milan show the previous year, which leaned into a darker, more layered palette. The new white dress took the opposite approach, relying on a single pale tone broken up only by the black shoes and sunglasses, with the open-back construction doing most of the visual work.

Sink's Milan appearance arrives as her public profile continues to expand beyond Stranger Things, the Netflix series that made her a breakout star as Max Mayfield. She recently wrapped press for the show's final season, made her West End stage debut in a revival of Romeo & Juliet, and has stepped into the Marvel universe with an upcoming role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Prada has featured her in campaigns for its Re-Nylon initiative and dressed her for events including the Met Gala and the Tony Awards, making her one of the house's more consistent celebrity faces over the past two years.

Prada's Spring/Summer 2027 collection, shown under co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, centered its show notes around "the skirt as object," continuing the duo's pattern of building each season's presentation around a single, closely examined garment. As one of the week's most photographed front-row guests, Sink's white dress is likely to circulate widely alongside coverage of the collection itself, adding to the visual record of a show that also marked Prada's first time opening Milan Fashion Week's calendar in several years.

With Milan Fashion Week running through September 28 and shows from Gucci, Fendi, Bottega Veneta and Moschino still ahead, Prada's early slot set an initial tone for a week already drawing heavy celebrity turnout, of which Sink's front-row appearance was among the first widely circulated looks.

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