Prada F/W 10.11 Milan

[Hei Hei]

love it a lot

 

[kinkexplosion]

very Prada!!!!

 

[Littleathquakes]

^

 

[FashionFollower]

This was amazing, I haven't loved every piece in a collection in so long.

 

[ForChicSake]

love this so much

 

[lamies022]

Aaaah, I absolutely love this. The emphasis on the bust, the a line skirts, the structured updos, and the quirky prints. It's all so feminine and actually wearable.
The casting also lent its self quite well and really piqued my interest, not to mention the awesome soundtrack.

 

[xerq]

i hated it. the coats were nice though.

 

[helmut.newton]

I am personally disappointed that she felt the need to revisit her roots/her strengths/her earlier collections. What's the point? New decade, new point of view. I expected her to really do something phenomenal for the new decade, but part of me knew disappointment was looming after her lackluster menswear collection.

I appreciate the idea of reviving some of her Prada classics, but I find the timing to be completely off and almost inappropriate. Lets face it, she is only doing this to create profit and to draw that Prada customer back in.

 

[adorefaith]

I really dislike it unfortunately.. it's unattractive and not even with a point, it seems..just pointlessly ugly.. i don't feel any cohesive vision or theme here...i don't understand the point of view. it will be hard to beat s/s 09 for me.

 

[BerlinRocks]

i'm not so sure i can understand the "best of" point. she develop such a character for a long time, now. her work is always pretty much identical since the late 90s and the development or repetition of past collections is constant.
no best-of, in my eyes. though 2 or 3 things may hang out there ...

but in a whole, i think the haircut is sensational ! that the length of dress, skirt and coat are perfect. that the twisted big socks (one of the constant dvpmt) are real fun. that the glasses are, too. that i wanna see this in Vogue US and Vogue Italia asap ...

I have an up and down relationship with signora prada, but since her start of widow italienne ragazza, we're living happy together.
i'm glad, too, she shows up some of the "pre fall" (was that pre fall ?) collection in there, and she carries on the work on collar (i really wanna get one of those !) - but why aren't there at least 2 men ?????? men needs women, but women needn't men ? isn't it a bit too much feminist ?

oh and i forget (though i know it's forbidden) the choice for Doutzen is a kind of a di-sas-ter !!!!!!!!

 

[cocohokkaido]

I think the public takes for granted what a consistently strong designer Miuccia has been throughout the years. She's been around for awhile but hasn't stooped to gimicks to stay relevant. I'm always impressed by how subtly interesting her designs are when viewed in-person; the quality of her garments are exceedingly superb. Few designers, especially the newer crop, can even approach such craftsmanship (certainly not a house like Rodarte).

If this was a Alex Wang, Altuzarra, or Chris Kane collection people would be s**ting bricks. Oh, and bravo for using hot VS girls in the show.

 

[TPMorgan]

I love love love all in this collection,especially for the shoes. We need more of these sweater and normal dresses than the freaky skinny jeans produced by Balmain and other brand.

 

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[Squizree]

I am personally disappointed that she felt the need to revisit her roots/her strengths/her earlier collections. What's the point? New decade, new point of view. I expected her to really do something phenomenal for the new decade, but part of me knew disappointment was looming after her lackluster menswear collection.

I appreciate the idea of reviving some of her Prada classics, but I find the timing to be completely off and almost inappropriate. Lets face it, she is only doing this to create profit and to draw that Prada customer back in.

And this is wrong because...?

How can you not expect her to do that? Nothing is more rewarding than reinventing customer relationships.
Not only that but we saw the financial issues Prada has been having lately. After it sold half its shares to that guy from Bahrain (or wherever it was) I was definitely seeing something like this coming.

Call it predictable, call it boring, call it a step backwards but it's necessary and intelligent. And that, is in no way disappointing.

 

[Sweet rus]

I love the coats, that's it

 

[HSantorini]

God I havent loved Prada this much in YEAAAARS!

Me too! I usually dont look forward to Prada but I adore this! I like the shape of the dresses and the coats, shoes and socks are totally FAB.

 

[Tentacl Ventricl]

You know, I think we're all kind of missing the real point of this collection. It's not about getting that secretary look or the 60's line...the real thing that's going on here is this seismic shift to the chest area as the focal point of clothing. For seasons now it's been the shoulder, before that (and now still) the waist and now for the first time in quite a while, there is construction going on in a lot of these pieces making the boobs the new area of the body to look at. It's in those layered ruffles or lace or whatever it is....seamlines are exaggerated around the breasts etc etc. All the more reason to fly in all those commercial girls and give the dress with the perkiest area to Lara. Afther New York I thought we were gonna move up to the neck and collarbone area, but Miuccia probably didn't feel like taking a detour and went directly for the chest.

Good point well made. The theory is supported by around half the looks in which, yes, the cut and detailing draw the eye there. And I guess with Prada that's about as strong a statement as you're likely to get. She's always nuanced never one note.

Although, revisiting for a second look, if there is one note it's that the Prada woman for AW10/11 is just bloody scary. Not in that outdated warrior fierce way of course, but in that she's totally and utterly unhinged, nuts.

I don't think I should like to meet her in a dark alley. The crazy wool hosiery, the menacing gloves, the insane glasses, and just something almost undiscernable about the strangeness of the main pieces, she's like some sort of ex Stepford wife emerged from the morgue or the madhouse not hellbent on revenge but wandering randomly. It's the randomness that's darkly unsettling and disconcerting. And of course love for that.

Whilst there is an element of familiarity here, I don't feel we've seen before the way the check sort of melts on to the early 60's silhouette. Sort of 1962 mashed up with 1992 and ok the roots are retro but the synthesis does create something original and very of the moment.

And yes there's a comfortingly familiar Pradaesque aspect to the pieces that ought to convert well commercially at point of sale but unquestionably an artsy editorial aspect too in the unsettling randomness. It's that duality that Prada has always delivered perhaps better than anyone.

 

[mikeijames]

Very, very Prada...simple as that. On the one hand I get the appeal. Just like with Marc Jacobs in NY Prada sent out a reworking of her own past, and that's comforting to people because it's familiar.

it's not just marc and miuccia. it's calvin klein and donna karan and michael kors and dolce and gabanna (last season) and it's burberry and it's fendi. these houses have gone back to their roots because they know they have a point of view that these fast-fashion and upstart houses can't touch. when designers come into the world of fashion with an agenda, it's awfully rewarding to take a step back and let the world see just how much you've changed the way women dress today. the triumph of this collection is that it's so strange -- an a-line patent skirt still raises eyebrows in most places -- but it's so familiar at the same time.

But for me that's also it's one major flaw. I count on Miuccia more than any other designer to show me things that are subverted and twisted enough that they're unfamiliar and kind of strange....

oh, you know miuccia, she won't stay in this comfort zone for long.

I will give her this though, it's wonderful to see a designer showing us something that is, for the most part, grown up and aimed at women instead of leggy 20-something trend whores.

oh, i suspect we'll see those accessories -- from the quirky glasses to the embellished socks to those hand bags and maybe even those shoes -- pop up on that crowd if for no other reason than their husbands, mothers, etc. will be buying it for them as gifts next holiday season.

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