Prada S/S 11 Milan

[WilhelmF]

Isn't it amazing how the garments, when taken apart from the whole theatrics of the show, look incredibly versatile? I'd never consider the dress featured in the post above but seeing how well it works for the model, with different hair/makeup... I can actually see someone pulling it off with different shoes and maybe some jacket on.

Looking forward for what combinations stylists will think for these clothes.

 

[Wolkfolk]

The stripes shoes are among the absolute must-have accessories of the season, for sure!!!!
Can't wait to see women rocking all those insane piece in the streets. I know stylist will manage to make them look totally wearable and do them justice.
But the real challenge will be to pull them off on everyday life.

 

[BerlinRocks]

the Vogue Nippon cover is lovely .... !!!!!!

Prada, indeed, produce in India and Peru ... And sometimes it's to help the economy overthere that they produce with their help special lines. I'm not sure, but I think. Moreover, some designers go and get their materials and techniques from there (Dries van Noten, for instance. And Hermès, non ?)

 

[ultramarine]

From NYmag.com's TheCut:

Critics Orgasmic Over Prada’s Spring 2011 Banana-Monkey Spectacular Prada spring 2011.

Photo: Imaxtree

Miuccia Prada's collections set the standard for the industry in so many ways. Her runway shows, model castings, and ad campaigns are hugely influential season to season. She spoke to WWD:

"I'm tired of minimalism," Prada said before her show. "I asked myself, 'How can I do minimal Baroque?'"

If she's tired of minimalism, it stands to reason many other designers will be tired of it next season, too. That might please critics, who loved her spring 2011 collection that walked in Milan yesterday, and featured literal banana prints, neon fur stoles (for spring! How novel!), and baroque monkeys that kind of look like the monkeys that come in that kids' game Barrel of Monkeys. In fact, critics can hardly seem to stand how good she makes them feel, and the reviews pouring in from Milan have reached a whole new level of worship.

WWD compares her genius to Charles Darwin:

Those frolicking monkeys were just two of the many pictorial primates, so how could one not think Darwin? No, Prada has not, is not, will not redefine our entire view of the history of life. But she has dramatically impacted the modern view of fashion for 20 years. She is a species of one that adjusts almost instantly to the stimuli around her and what she senses ahead. As a result, what she has to say never seems useless or old. And like every species that survives into the next era, she shrewdly retains the mundane essentials, even if she’s too clever to trot them out on the runway, which she reserved for more evolved fashion wonders.

Daily Front Row finds her effect pleasurable in the same way sex is:

The almost confusing variety elicited audible pangs of desire in the front row ... and just a few frowns.

Style.com applauded Miuccia's boldness and "severe" sensuality:

But there was also more than enough of Prada's twisty-ness to boost this collection into her already chock-full pantheon of greats... This time around, however, the glamour was raw, amplified by the pop-colored stoles the models were toting, the graphic silent-movie makeup by Pat McGrath, and the severely sensual outfits in basic black that closed the show as the soundtrack crackled with the static of an old tango record. Miuccia's message was crystal-clear.

Suzy Menkes thought the collection was "perfect":

As the cheers rang out for this exceptional collection, the audience knew that nothing in fashion is so difficult to achieve as a powerful idea perfectly executed.

Cathy Horyn reminds us those monkeys weren't ironic so much as intellectual.

Baroque monkeys probably appeal less to Ms. Prada’s sense of humor than to her appreciation of history, and her way of bringing it forward in fashion.

I also liked the last few dresses in the show — black cotton with a pie-crust ruffle at the neck and elbow-length sleeves. It’s the little black dress revised.

Is it possible that this might be Miuccia's best collection .... EVER?

 

[neonsprinkles]

For every season, Prada has been like that. 1st look, you ask miuccia, 'Why? Why design these clothes 'like that'' Then, subsequently, when you looked at it again, and see it on real people, editorials. You'll know why Miuccia decided on these. She's a maestro. True designer. She doesn't just design clothes for the obvious.

Definitely.
Though I wasn't much of a fan of how these looks appeared on the runway- seeing these looks in editorial, mix-and-matched with other garments in photoshoots, and then on real women- it all comes together and gels really well. It's incredible and I love the non-sense of the banana and monkey motifs!

 

[get fashion]

This IS Miucca's best collection ever.
Music, concept, make up, clothes, prints, shoes, casting, shapes, etc etc etc everything was perfect.

 

[mackos]

This is actually the last of Miuccia's collections I would call the best

For some reason I don't find these clothes fitting Prada. I know, it's hardly possible to define what could or could not be considered as Prada aesthetics, but I just don't feel them. Also, as much as many people claim it's gathering multiple inspirations together, I find the collection very incoherent, there's too much going on without a bigger sense to me.

Oh, and the hair & make-up is just painfully atrocious. As much as I used to adore Prada's twisted take on a common canon of beauty, this is just way too weird and unbearable.

 

[MulletProof]

^ That's an interesting perspective, in the fact that we all see things differently, I wouldn't call this Miuccia's best either but it's far from being her worst collection yet imo and I'm not even a big fan.. one of the things I give her credit for is her insistence to work around pieces or schemes that are unappealing to her and to most people (myself included).. I remember her saying this in an interview and it's evident through her work how she takes a specific (and often well-known) garment or fabric and tries to bring it into her work and make it perhaps not attractive but at least twist what we associate it with and put it into a different light. This collection is no exception to that.. the nursery shirts, the huge short sleeves (which are not popular at the moment)... I don't think she's a visionarie by any means but playing indiscriminately with garments is one of her biggest strengths for me.. sometimes the result is off.. other times it's closer to current trends so people buy quickly into what she's doing.. but 99% of the time, her collections are actually not as unwearable as she presents them and with the exception of the collection's 'stars' (shirts in this case), if you look at the rest, it's actually made up by very ordinary, ready-to-sell pieces (see skirts, dresses here).

I am still not sure how I feel about this collection and I doubt it'll grow on me.. I do, conceptually, find it fun to look at.. mostly for the mix of influences and how tropical the result is without bordering into that old summer theme we all have seen.. I also like the contrast of the makeup and how gorgeous it is up close, especially on dark skin. And, as someone interested on how trends are developed, I like watching her play with clothes and making us wonder how come we didn't wear that before.. and then seeing the rest of designers follow her in that. She's not a creator but a remaker and quite good at that.

 

[princesscoyne]

This collection was fantastic. The colors,the prints and the shapes were divine. The brogues were adorable, I would enjoy wearing those. It's always nice to see clothes that aren't overpriced. These clothes are a lot of bang for your buck.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Jacket,Skirt,Shoes,Fur
Vogue Nippon February 2011
Snejana Onopka



ita.zinio.com via mousyy

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Dress,Shoes,Bag,Bangles
New Season Hit List
Photographer: Nicole Bentley
Fashion Editor: Naomi Smith



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[Ives927]

V69 by Willy Vanderperre and Panos Yiapanos

(nitrolicious)

Panos can do no wrong! Love the sporty feeling.

 

[LoraV]

Adore this last photo! Omg so adorable!

 

[Ives927]

One more.

(nitrolicious)

 

[Doll_Parts]

Prada

 

[helmut.newton]

^^ I dont understand the pants / leggings in those photos. Is Prada making printed leggings this season or did Panos somehow make them himself?

 

[Ives927]

I believe Panos made them himself. I think it is credited as by him, too. In the full spread, Natasha wears the same kind of leggings in the prints of Jil Sander, Christopher Kane, Prada, Versace, and Balenciaga. They are all plastic-y looking.

 

[get fashion]

^Fiuuuuuuuuuu
Those leggins are really bad

 

[mackos]

As I expected, this collection is looking stellar in print. I adore the styling in both Natasha's shots, amazing.

 

[Wolkfolk]

Panos styling puts the clothes on a whole other level. I love it.
All the eds show how much potential those pieces have, and how inspiring they can be.
From a extremely chic bourgeoise woman in fur and suit, to an it-girl in her 20s working those cocktail dresses or a sports lover who looks like a funky granny from the 70s on venice beach : just MAJOR!!!!