let me collect my thought, woooofffff, for a second!!!!
Prada has been the most anticipated show for me (and not only for me, i'm sure) since Miuccia's brilliant last season (which i didn't like at first).
Well, on one hand the bright colors and picnic on the rocks silhouettes in the Men's show a few month's ago have tipped me off on having a general idea of what women's clothes would look like. On the other hand i really did not expect..... thisssss!!!!
Well, one thing Signora Prada did succeed on, was surprise. As evident by not only me but other posters in this thread. It's different, it's bright, it's disproportional, it's..... short (!) it's also tacky, cheap looking, not wearable for everybody (for a lot of people). It's more of a beach partywear than the urban fashionista she offered last few seasons. The most atrocious part i found in this collection is something that Prada is usually good at - prints! They want to seem abstract yet pretty, but in reality those are unspeakably dull and awkward, not only the dots but also the little central asian references - really dull and out of place! As for the fringed pieces (coat, dress and a bag,) i'm sure Prada knew the Galliano (was it?) piece of the same exact texture a season ago and thought it was cool and different, so she decided to repeat it in a more delicate way, only to present it as awkward looking garment hardly wearable for a "ready to wear" piece.
The plastic turbans don't help the matters. Again, apparently, Miuccia tried to experiment with a different-looking headgear (ala Men's show plastic hats), and I guess they complete the outfits in some way, but at the same time, let's be realistic here for a second..... who in hell is going to wear this?????? I disagree with whoever said that slavic models dont' wear them well, trust me it's not slavic models.... it's the pieces.
The short shorts will only look good on skinny models, the body type that is NOT the part of the common filthy rich clientele of the Prada clothes, but i guess Miuccia knows better.
Her past collections really grew on me, especially the last Fall/Winter, i do not have the feeling this is going to grow on me anytime soon, if at all. This is just way too raw to my taste. "Raw" that's a good word LOL, i should use it again
Something's seriously missing from this collection. The sophistication maybe?
And the sad part is... the sad part is this is going to cost tons of money (something similar to this a woman can buy for 100 times cheaper), this is going to be featured in every editorial, this is going to shoved into our throats in about 5 months... just get ready!!!!
Grade C
