Prada F/W 2007.08 Milan

[ApertureRomance]

Part of me wonders did she design this to call people's bluff , see if it would be praised.

 

[Womanolo]

People can rave as much as they want to about colours, textures, fabrics or whatever. This is not nice. I don't mind fashion being not nice, but I do mind this collection being lauded as amazing.

 

[christina126]

wow, this is for the most part, a terrible collection. What happened to Prada? I used to love it. The buckle headbands and hats are horrendous.

 

[4n98]

anyway,it's Prada.
the leggings are terrible for me.
the rest is fantastic.

 

[vogue_addiction]

I don't like it at all. most of the The colours used look like vomit. The wears muppetty coats are terrible, the thick skirts are very unflattering.
and what's up with the socks?
Overall, an awefull collection imo.
and look at what the lady herself is wearing....

 

[kuba01]

^^ Her shoes look like Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2007.

 

[vogue_addiction]

^^ Her shoes look like Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2007.

But the colour of her skirt and shirt look like vomit

 

[softgrey]

www.vogue.com

PRADAWITH all the bells and whistles we’re used to in Milan – glitter and flesh from Cavalli, leopard print and flesh at Dolce, oh-so-pretty dresses at Ferretti and even more romance than normal at Armani – you can rely on Miuccia Prada to bring us all down to earth. Her show this evening was starkly modern, with a disturbing apocalyptic futurism that brought global warming to mind and made us wonder if this is how we’ll be dressing after the next big bang. Doesn’t sound like much fun – but in the stripping down Miuccia left us with bare basics that allowed us to re-find what we liked about fashion in the first place: basic colours – oranges and purples running into each other on knee high school girl socks, brown or yellow fur coats – and simple shapes for trouser suits and collarless coats that were as plain as the models’ bare faces from the front but at the back had folds over the bottom as if they were sitting on a swing. “You are a man,” sang the soundtrack – fitting both because Miuccia has announced that from now on she’ll show men’s and womenswear together in a bid to unveil “one clear idea” every season, and also because the grey coats, cardigans and suits were stark in their masculinity. Colours stayed natural in the first section of the show, leaving a black canvas to better show off the great accessories that, no matter how odd the catwalk show might seem, continue to have unsurpassed mainstream appeal – namely, this time, great little doctor’s bags and clutches that cling to the wrist by way of a bowed outer section. Scrunched silk pencil skirts that ran degradé from green to orange and milky pleated leather skirts were wonderfully, recognisably Prada and this designer’s incredible skill and imagination when it comes to fabrics was shown again when stiff tweeds grew into mossy green silk as if by magic. Those less familiar with the forward-moving Prada mind may have been non-plussed by hairy two-tone skull caps with racing jockey stripes or rubberised mohair – and let’s face it, it’s unlikely that they’re going to be first on the shopping lists of Alexandra Shulman or Anna Wintour in the front row – but her fashion magician’s hand on never-seen-before fabrics combined with a skill for creating something both unique and progressive each season is what puts Miuccia Prada ahead of her game. And if it’s wearable you want, go for the gorgeous metallic painted tweed coats – one in rose and another in spearmint. (February 20 2007, PM)

Dolly Jones

that link is STYLE.com...
and i just read the style review...
that's not it...


what is the accurate credit please?>

 

[softgrey]

I just read through 11 pages of "I hate this crap" and "This is genius."

But whether you like it or not, you have to admit that this is the designer to go to when you want to know what next season will look like. Prada is always one step ahead - for spring, she showed satin and turbans, and now for fall, everyone else is showing satin and hats.

But Prada is a lot more intellectual. It's the other designers who will run with this collection, and make the shaggy carpet fabric into something a little more wearable. I highly doubt that people will be wearing coats made of the stuff - but purses, scarves, other accessories? Not impossible.

As for my personal taste, I really like it. I love that she used bright colors, I love the shaggy carpet fabric, I love the two-toned knee socks, I love the purses, I love the hats. It's brilliant, and on the right people, so chic.

well it IS fall---so of course there are hats....

i see no correlation to the hideous prada turbans though...


i don't think this is going to influence squat...
everyone in the industry is talking about how crap it is...
even if they can't print that....




put me in the *this sucks* camp...
if anyone is keeping score...

 

[sarah13]

i don't think this is going to influence squat...
everyone in the industry is talking about how crap it is...
even if they can't print that....

Oooo, good juice. Who all is saying that??? I agree that there is almost a holier than thou attitude towards Prada, as if she could do no wrong, and this is perpetuated by Anna W. and crew, but I do like that the collection is usually totaly different from all the others. We would prpbably complain if it fit more into the "Italian design" sceme as well.

 

[gr77]

don't like this collection at all.it's ugly.
some of the clothes aren't that bad, but they look horrible because of the bad styling

 

[Deleted member 7575]

I would say the ratio of covetable and wearable ideas to the difficult and ugly ones is about 1/5. I won't call her experiements a failure, but the things she's trying to do with the texture and fabrics, and then the colors, not really working out.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Cathy Horyn on Prada via runway.blogs.nytimes.com/

"Everybody has been talking about the Prada show. Did you like it? Did you hate it? I must say it wasn’t one of my favorite Prada shows, but I love the fact that Miuccia Prada will just wing it every now and then. Wreck house, as my son likes to say when you’ve done something big. Ms. Prada’s fall collection seems a continuation of her fascination with banalities. The cheap coat. The vulgar color. She put out a lot of new fabrics that would certainly draw comparisons to upholstery and bath mats. And the blues and oranges made you think of those stuffed wind-up ducks and rabbits you see sold on the streets here. All this is fascinating and proof, I suppose, of Ms. Prada’s rich imagination. My problem is that, on most days, I don’t want to look like a stuffed duck or a bath mat. Knowing the legitimate war that Ms. Prada wages within herself about commercialism, I heartily admire her guts. We should all be bold. But this time I felt she was rather too immersed in the realm of ideas and abstractions to be effective."

 

[peacelover142002]

well it IS fall---so of course there are hats....

i see no correlation to the hideous prada turbans though...

But hats are EVERYWHERE. There are always hats, but this time they're in almost every collection, and in some cases, on almost every model - just like Prada with the turbans.

 

[softgrey]

on what planet are hats anything like turbans???...

it's not related..sorry...

if anything ...there are more hoods....
the most influential collections from spring on the fall collections so far have been marni and dries as far as i can see ...
with the sporty chic influence all over the runways....
hoods, zippers, luxury tech fabrics, etc...
i haven't seen anything even remotely resembling a turban...



just because it's on the head ..does not qualify as any sort of influence...
seriously...

 

[stilettogirl84]

Cathy Horyn on Prada via runway.blogs.nytimes.com/

"Everybody has been talking about the Prada show. Did you like it? Did you hate it? I must say it wasn’t one of my favorite Prada shows, but I love the fact that Miuccia Prada will just wing it every now and then. Wreck house, as my son likes to say when you’ve done something big. Ms. Prada’s fall collection seems a continuation of her fascination with banalities. The cheap coat. The vulgar color. She put out a lot of new fabrics that would certainly draw comparisons to upholstery and bath mats. And the blues and oranges made you think of those stuffed wind-up ducks and rabbits you see sold on the streets here. All this is fascinating and proof, I suppose, of Ms. Prada’s rich imagination. My problem is that, on most days, I don’t want to look like a stuffed duck or a bath mat. Knowing the legitimate war that Ms. Prada wages within herself about commercialism, I heartily admire her guts. We should all be bold. But this time I felt she was rather too immersed in the realm of ideas and abstractions to be effective."

that really sums up this collection

 

[Miss Dalloway]

This is not something i would personaly wear(would anyone? )but i can say without a doubt that this was BRILLIANT.
I was transfixed,shocked,disguasted,appuled and fascinated by every piece of clothing&accesorie from this collection,in other words i wasnt left bored or unimpressed by this;i was moved!Not every fashion show affects me in this way,this is the best collection of all shows that were presented so far,i cant define brilliance but i can recognize it;when i see it.

 

[softgrey]

that really sums up this collection

i think 'it sucks' does just as good a job of summing it up...
no need to explain why or how...
it just DOES...



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[Jane Loves Marc]

OMG! I LOVE IT! The colors are amaazzzing!!!

 

[peacelover142002]

on what planet are hats anything like turbans???...

it's not related..sorry...

if anything ...there are more hoods....
the most influential collections from spring on the fall collections so far have been marni and dries as far as i can see ...
with the sporty chic influence all over the runways....
hoods, zippers, luxury tech fabrics, etc...
i haven't seen anything even remotely resembling a turban...

You don't see it? I must have better eyesight then.