Prada F/W 06.07 Milan

[crankypants]

What Cathy Horyn had to say about it in the New York Times.

Miuccia Prada seemed off her game this season. In her show on Tuesday, it was plain she wanted to take a more hard-core approach to dressing, banishing the girlish, cottony dresses of spring and replacing them with dark-gray knit minidresses and slouchy wool and nylon parkas inspired (it seemed) by the urban world of rap music. There were a lot of things to like in the collection: namely the helter-skelter toughness of coats with a strip of fur up the back or over the pockets, the bustier tops in gray flannel worn with loose, boyish trousers, and a silver-sequined bustier, worn with brown taffeta shorts, that had a black, boned lingerie back.

Unfortunately the murky layers, and the metropolis backdrop, came too close to Marc Jacobs's recent show, and the raw-looking fur recalled early Helmut Lang.

 

[tricotineacetat]

I say, big-time credit for Cathy Horyn to speak it out - she must have been the first journalist in ages to disagree with what Prada does. And this one is indeed rather hideous looking to me.

 

[nqth]

But what is wrong with "being close to MJ"?

 

[pasfoti]

Hate it!

 

[pradaromance]

something about it is very very off.

 

[veronicaUSA]

I agree with miss horyn

this collection is

I do like guccis collection its weird , the mighty have fallen and unknown designers are rising . interesting

 

[guccigal07]

now where is PETA when you really need them right? They will have a hay day in Milan...every designer seemed to use tons of fur.

 

[Sweet rus]

go home Peta

 

[Boomer]

Not one of my favorite shows and a very strange selection of models...Other than Gemma and Bette...not great. Glad I wasn't flying to Milan just to see it!!

 

[guccigal07]

go home Peta

I normally would say that but its everywhere! My SA emailed me some detailed shots of the coats and things...like even on the leopard coat...there is a big chunk/strip of fur on the seam of the back.....its on many pieces in hidden places.

reminds me on Santino on project runway...bought some fur and just put it places...

 

[Ch..ch..aA]

UG-LY...

ohh yes it's ugly but i like because of that.

again prada has shown her weird and ugly style that i love, lol

 

[Pastry]

UG-LY...

i think that's a bit harsh..but you know more than me so don't hate...

 

[jssy4eva]

the video is up at style for those that want to see it

 

[Pastry]

I am not sure I agree with this Pastry - can you explain why you think PS have done this......


I am not sure i like this collection much...its seems a bit 'heavy' and not very refined ...chunks of fur, heavy embellishment (not unusual for Prada) and lots of ugly (cheap looking) nylon. Its nowhere near as well done as the spring summer collection which was light & fresh...I am sorry but this just doesn't seem new at all to me. I particularly dislike the animal print.

i'll try..i think proenza's ss 2005 collection is not a a bad example, i thought the feather eccentricities made for a very "prada touch" as did chunky necklaces and floral prints (which i do miss this season) . all right, those aren't the best examples, but i feel that there is a link between the two labels..somehow....


anyways, you'll notice i haven't voiced an actualy opinion about this collection. (i hope some people are intersted in reading what others have to say, and their purpose here is not to defend their way) and yes, at the moment i feel it was lazy. it lacked pradaism. i say 'at the moment' because my opinion of prada always gets better once i see the campaign and the clothes..perhaps this was the point, maybe miuccia's exploring deliberate dowdiness again...although a lot of this seems like really great stuff..the nylon parkas in particular.

 

[stilettogirl84]

Like a lot of shows- the styling obscurres the clothes. When you actually see the individual pieces, i'm sure some of them are very beautiful.

one of the dresses- with a beaded bodice- looked very pretty, but I was distracted by a fur caot randomly belted on the butt?!?

 

[so_jealous]

I loved it... thats what Prada means to me all summed up in that show with a little less fur.

 

[dizzytacks]

i still can't get over the backdrop, can't wait to see whats next (set, wise)

 

[Cholehk]

More pls~

 

[Bidwell]

I believe the use of fur and animal print was fundamental to the concept of the collection, so to criticise it's use seems out of place. If it's about real fur vs. fake, one can't really imagine a LEATHER goods house ( which it is ) using some cheap plastic faux anything, correct? It would defeat their purpose.
That goes for all the Florentine houses like Gucci, Ferragamo, etc.

 

[stilettogirl84]

^ in response to me? I'm not anti- fur- It's just that there was a coat, wrapped around the bottom half (not the shoulders) of an evening dress, and held on with a belt at the waist- and it just looked silly.

i really liked one of the fur coats