Prada Mens S/S 09 Milan

[modeldom]

Androgynous and expected....

 

[elle_gb]

I don't know just speechless with confusing.

 

[Starry]

I like most of them actually! The coats and jackets are quite good. But about that feminine part, still not so many people dare to try.

 

[Dkammern]

coats coats coats! give me the coats and no need to keep the rest of it!

i like the shoes whith the "tongue" up! that's how i wore shoes when i was a kid, and it looks liek something funny to rediscover

i hate the "rubber-belted" shoes... the belt doesnt specially bother me... but the shape, the sole, the whole thing looks so unappealing!

 

[thesil]

More wearable than former collections. The superpositions look interesting.

 

[ANTONIOATAIDE]

Miuccia is going more and more feminine in her male collections. and in fact that's where I believe male fashion has conquers to do actually. Yves brought women the masculine look, now Miuccia is trying to do it the other way round, that is quite a step for the fashion world.
All these almost bare-chest shirts looks are really seductive and provocative yet not vulgar, the atmosphere seems so bland and quiet. All the lines and clothing layers are in the right proportion.

 

[Danish]

As long as she doesn't make male model wear heels and other feminine stuff I'm find with it.

 

[withapearl]

I respect Miuccia's originality but I don't like the idea of strap and wide-round-neck sweater this time. In spite of all these, I cannot dislike Prada. Prada is Prada. Some pieces -including the black suit- are really great.

 

[Zazie]

What's the point???? Even women don't look good with sloppy bra straps exposed...Ok, I understand the press needs something to stir the jaded masses, fortunately, there are *some* decent looks in there to sell...

 

[Spike413]

I love how people talk about the de-masculinization of mens fashion like it's a new concept that hasn't been going on for years and that the revolution is overdue. It's so done at this point.

Miuccia's late on this bandwagon, and beyond that she's just doing the androgynous thing in a way that's more literal and less palatable for most men than the designers who originated and perfected it.

BTW those pants with the built in creases towards the ankle are completely ridiculous. I don't care how influential Miuccia is, she's not going to make looking like a rumpled mess cool.

 

[vetements]

i actually thought the creases look nice
the close ups actually make the close look fantastic although i dont like any of the denim pants and the boxy sweaters or the logo-ed polos.
the rest like the brown nylon coats, yellow rubber jackets, shoes and bags are nice.
regarding the shoes, i wonder is the rubber band (done by CCP on the shoes and margiela on the wallets before) will be really there or just a styling effort?

this collection is just a lot more interesting than say, bottega venetta mens, which look more or less the same season after season, no?

 

[BerlinRocks]

honestly to me it looks Prada ...
she's approx. doing the same stuff for like 8yrs (am talking about menswear) ... except last season with these mini-skirts ... but i can remember those weird micro short-panties that were weird ... 2003 ? ...
there everything looks fine ... you seem more disturb by the styling than the outfits themselves, non ?! and not even the whole styling but just the strapes (which give sthg Helmut Lang) ... well forget about them and everything is fine ... maybe not the Dancer Short Sweatshirts ... but ... at the yoga it would the best effect ...

i just don't like the "rag"-ed outfits ... never like those kind of things ... i feel soo uncomfortable wearing "rag"-ed things... just cannot face the "Haven't you iron your outfits, today ???" question ...

 

[ApertureRomance]

We've all seen great ways to use rubber in fashion....this is not one of them. It just looks like a gigantic catheter.

I do applaud her for attempting to give men cleavage with those halter neck bra-strap/plunging neckline jackets. Seriously though, those jackets could look cool with a shirt underneath.

Whenever I see a Prada menswear show I can't help but wonder why she hates men so much.

Take away the straps , the rubber and "quirky" hem lengths and what are we left with ? Something that is dependent on styling and the sale of an overall look.

 

[Ianastar]

Prada is dead to me.

ppffftttt!

 

[aldn]

i love the rubber and nylon. yummy.

 

[neccu]

looks like another men version of Marni

 

[withapearl]

Marni.. I'm afraid I don't think so..

 

[Deleted member 103203]

Tim Blanks style.com review

June 22, 2008
Post-show, Miuccia Prada cited her inspiration as a man poised between fragility and power, hanging in the balance—in other words, between extremes. As usual, her enigmatic comment cast an illuminating light on the collection we’d just seen. The first outfits out were a parka and blouson hanging off the models' shoulders on straps. Once upon a time, Helmut Lang offered up the same idea, but where his version suggested fierce refugee pragmatism (you have to be ready to carry your world on your back), Miuccia's made a nice portrait neckline for her new batch of boychicks. But at the same time, there was a hint of tension—suspension—in the idea. And it was extended in subtle details like the elastic bands that wrapped shoes or encircled waists.

You could parse Prada collections till hell froze over, so loaded with suggestion are they. That button "buried" in a double-breasted jacket? True, Margiela already explored the idea of the phantom garment, but it doesn't make it any less seductive. And the elongated polo layered over cotton smock layered over boxer shorts? It evoked emergency-room or sanitarium whites—what better way to convey the subtext of men in crisis? But step back from obsessive fandom and there were irresistible basics, like a gussied-up Gap: perfectly tailored pants, fine knits, cotton shirts, top-stitched denims. All this and a gold latex coat: As the mannequin moved, it trembled, poised indeed between fragility and power.
— Tim Blanks

pretty surprising review, IMO

 

[Street_a_Licious]

sounds more like a review by a Prada fanboy...

 

[kiddokiddo]

I really really like the latex pieces, and the textures, the creases and proportions. I'm all for androgynous clothes but the portrait collars on men just seem silly and desperate. I wish it was just an effect created by the suspended body straps hiking up. However, I still don't get while JPG and John Galliano or Hedi Slimane could do highly effeminate clothes, Miuccia is being burned for steering in that direction. Granted, some of her efforts don't really work, but at least, have the freedom to go at it