Prada F/W 10.11 by Steven Meisel

[Donatello89]

i'm not...really excited.

 

[Riseup]

this is just horrible!!! typical "white" Prada...Meisel needs to go!!!!!..

 

[tarsha]

From models.com about models featured in the second shot:

Valerija Kelava and Kim Dall Armi, Daria Strokous and Clement Chabernaud, Mark Cox and Sigrid Agren, Angela Lindvall and Mathias Berrgh

 

[BerlinRocks]

ok so as said previously, the campain is definitely taken from La Notte ...
And here is more of the description of the movie scene ...
And in the original scene, the african dancer is originally a dancer and wearing a bikini ...
So, please stop with this story ... You know Meisel is very literal ...

(...) They stop at a night club, watch some erotic choreography by a couple of African dancers. This scene is reminiscent of one in Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), filmed the previous year with Marcello Mastroianni in the lead. But not only do Fellini and Antonioni share a leading man, they also share a script writer: Ennio Flaiano. It's Flaiano's sophisticated dialogue with its dry edginess and Pirandelloesque sub-text that make their films of this period appear to be the work of a single auteur.

As usual, the night-club scene is masturbatory, suggests decadence through ennui. Faintly narcotic, definitely cynical, it's the reinvention of a song-and-dance interlude in live theatre. The choreography is ancient, although the spin is modern. Again, Giovanni fails to be aroused.

culturecourt.com

And here is the Vogue Italia story, by Meisel, with Daria, Elise C. etc. (with same references)
Oct. 2003 : Part 1 ; Part 2

And here is the trailer of the original movie, where you'll spot the scene that serve for Prada Campain :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vpgYkte1i8

 

[carmen_kass]

Thanks BerlinRock, that explains a lot.

 

[hysteria]

I love it, this is something different from previous seasons. Although we have seen only one picture, I think this ad will be my favorite this season.

 

[BLACKLAB]

i think it looks great. last season was so ugly in my opinion.

 

[tanii94]

I like this. I'm liking the whole black and white theme as well as the black model in the background!

Looks like Miranda got cut.

 

[Bezimienna]

Looks like Miranda got cut.

i won't be cryin at all.
quite like the ad, seeing the collection i had some feelings that it could look like this.

 

[testinofan]

need change the photographer the concept are old and boring

 

[Tigertonio]

I find the campaign so far to be interesting and intriguing.

 

[fantastical]

I truly hope the black model gets ID'd and has another shot w/n the campaign. I mean she is in the background and in the center which will probably be where the fold is...meaning that she may not be seen at all.

other than that I'm not really impressed by this campaign yet. I like the film inspiration for this campaign I just wish Meisel's inspirations weren't always so literal, it could have been photographed in a much more clever way IMO. this shot looks so boring, I can really only appreciate the right side of the frame with Angela and the male model (and of course the mysterious black model)

 

[gossiping]

black and white is normally a no no with me but..this works

 

[JuiceMajor]

So is Angela Lindvall the surprise install for us? I don't quite like it. Maybe it's black and white!

 

[mikel]

Meisel is shooting both the mens and womens wear campaign. It's safe to assume that both campaigns are the same, just like every other Meisel-lensed campaign for Prada.

And just because Miranda is not in the first ad published, doesn't mean she was cut from the entire campaign.

It's all a question of patience, common sense and not jumping to conclusions.

 

[Mchunu]

Meisel is shooting both the mens and womens wear campaign. It's safe to assume that both campaigns are the same, just like every other Meisel-lensed campaign for Prada.

And just because Miranda is not in the first ad published, doesn't mean she was cut from the entire campaign.

It's all a question of patience, common sense and not jumping to conclusions.

thanks for saying this.

 

[Dark Noire]

i don't get the bad buzz, but i really like this campaign so far.

 

[Luxx]

This is menswear.
The womenswear will be a little different...
Miranda is in it. Definitely.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

This is menswear.
The womenswear will be a little different...
Miranda is in it. Definitely.

The past 3 seasons the Men's ads have been in black and white, so hopefully this is it. Color played a big part in the Womens collection and black and white would dull it significantly.

 

[masquerade]

I am going to wait until the rest of the images are released before calling flat out racism in regards to the black woman, but that image is suspect.

I do love what was released so far nonetheless. Meisel can do narrative editorials/campaigns like no other. I love the cinematic quality. So beautiful. I am a little disappointed that Miranda will show up at some point to ruin it all.