Prada F/W 08.09 : Linda Evangelista & Patrick Petitjean by Steven Meisel

[Spike413]

I keep coming back to look at the images and I always come away with the same feeling. It's not twisted enough. The clothes have an underlying kink to them, something a bit f-ed up going on just below the surface, but the ads don't convey that at all. There's nothing dark about them and I think that's the main problem. I could've overlooked the fact that I dislike Linda and the terrible airbrushing if the concept was strong, but it's just not.

With all of the things Meisel could've done (prim scowling headmistress with a sadistic streak, Sicilian widow who looks like she killed her husband...) these are just flat. Not to mention that the single best piece (imo anyway) is nowhere to be found. Why the stylist didn't pull that skirt shown on the runway with a see through lace "window" on the rear is beyond me. A backwards facing shot of a crisp, non-sexual button down shirt with the clerical double collar paired with that skirt, underwear peaking through would've been perfect.

I do like the mens ads though, but I suspect thats because of the model more than anything else. It's nice to see a grown man for a change, and a good looking one at that.

 

[Bahiyya]

I should like this campaign, I really should. All together I guess the women's isn't...too bad . Linda still looks like she wants to eat my soul...

Thanks for posting all the pics, though, jssy4eva. Strange, I think overall the best from the women's shoes collection is in the clothing ads. Oh well.

 

[versustito]

i love prada

The full campaign!
prada.com

OMGI am very happy
thank´s

 

[FashionPower]

I think Meisel did a quite good job...The shades are very interesting and add a mysterious air to the pictures...but the main problem is LINDA!!!
She does not pull the collection AT ALL
No expression,no feelings,just a plain and pale mannequin...such a waist of wonderful clothes...

 

[dg_fan]

yeh the main problem is her but they aren't that bad......

 

[kuli_trendy]

bad campaign for this season

 

[mikel]

Thanks for the enitre set. I love the play with shadows.

 

[KKnardi]

no, I don't like this campaign. boring!

 

[helmut.newton]

Its beyond boring but the shadows are kind of brilliant!!

I'm just going to cut Linda out and keep the shadows!

 

[Northern Star]

^^LMAO........but yeah the shadows are significantly better than Linda herself.

 

[darri]

I love the colours and the drama and mystery in these, the alternating shadows remind me of bramstokers Dracula with Gary Oldman!! I LOVE IT!!!! Think of how amazing Sasha would have been in these, and how she would have posed it this atmosphere and responded to the different shadows....ahh...i can see it, and i love it.

The HQs make me like this alot more, and Patrick is impossibly sauve

 

[~lainey~]

omgosh, linda what the botox?! it's like she's so botoxed she can't move at all...she's as good as a mannequinn in this campaign...so lifeless, plastic, expressionless, stiff, laboured, dead, stiff and stiff ...i simply can't believe this

pratick is all class though Bwoot: he exudes mr handsomeness and sophisatication in this campaign, the campaign is missing a fitting missus

 

[joelplastique]

This campaign is indeed a change.
I'm not sure if I like it or dislike it....
Love the men's shoes though.

 

[spiceboy]

oh dear how old is Patrick...? he looks lot older than Linda and that is ... well a lot

 

[Spike413]

He's 24.

I'm thrilled that Prada realizes not every fashion minded guy aspires to look like a sickly fetus (aka what so many of the male models these days look like)

I find it comforting that he looks like he's at that stage in life when you need to shave your face.

 

[bedtimestorynyc]

He's 24.

I'm thrilled that Prada realizes not every fashion minded guy aspires to look like a sickly fetus (aka what so many of the male models these days look like)

I find it comforting that he looks like he's at that stage in life when you need to shave your face.

I liked joachin phoenix as the prada face some time ago..... to your point

 

[Sabrina]

Patrick looks fantastic, IMO. Anyone would look older then Linda unless they also got photo-shopped to resemble plastic mannequins.

 

[FashionPower]

yeah the shadows are significantly better than Linda herself.

Oh yeah

 

[Gábor]

Sasha was much better

 

[mackos]

Linda was definitely a bad choice. So many newcomers would look great in this campaign!