Prada S/S 2013 Milan

[anlabe32]

I'm a sucker for Prada but this collection was kind of really ugly.... I was so hoping to see that she would do a sporty minimal collection like for menswear.

 

[Mathewthew]

The problem for me is when you look at the HQ..It doesn't look well made. It doesn't feel luxury. What's going on there ?

 

[Naen]

S. Menkes' outlook in theory sounds very alluring and has got me all thinking about the concept; still I'm not even nearly persuaded. I cannot grasp the emotion of the execution, let alone the pieces themselves which in the end is all about - so many unflattering ensembles, you might blame it on the styling as well, still, as a whole, a very underwhelming and quite ephemeral collection in my eyes.

 

[wangster]

I usually adore Prada but seriously what Is going on with the shoes?

My thoughts exactly. They looked like flip-flips with socks + ribbons and shiny fabric.

 

[Tentacl Ventricl]

Personally, I wouldn't associate garbage like Fifty Shades of Grey with something as artful as this... But that's just my disdain for contemporary reading habitis.

To me the show seems more like a parade of ghosts navigating temple grounds, their earthly desires expressed in the soundtrack, the flowers coming to represent the dead, the past, the present, the living, blood, passion, the future, from black to white, dark to light.

I like how Suzy Menkes reads this collection. Flowers breaking the line, the geometries, as though the function of femininity was to disrupt the rational and the masculine.

So far, the best collection of S/S 2013.

I think the ghosts and temples thing might come from the closing visuals - of the catwalkers exits. Up the large steps through the pillars - decked out in shades of grey . If you want, yes it conveys something deathly (as any exit will) in elements of the soundtrack and in rising.

I perhaps should have explained the Fifty Shades of Grey thing better. I was just on free flow really but as it's aroused comment - It's there in the palette (early) both in the set and the pieces. And listen, feel... the soundtrack.. at that point. A whip is cracking. Breathlessness. The poise of the piece of music is brooding. It's sexual, erotic. Whipping. (And those spare grey geometries do have the stricture of uniforms. Yet the away from the body looseness of Geishas or Massueses.

You're right, the palette changes. Everything becomes lighter, whiter, brighter. It is a SpringSummer collection after all. X-reference business to beach collection - was it SS09?

And the flowers bring light nature, sunshine, the outdoors. Eastern tropical. The massage (and the message) now has sunshine. And spiritual sensuality. We've switched from one class of ''perversion'' [hate that word but having to pick up on the trope about Prada that she has an undercurrent of perversity (which is true)] SM/fetish; to something softer, more eastern. I think of it as a tantric massage on a remote beach - could be Lamu, Koh Samui, Bali. Asian flowers. Scented oils. Sensual touch. It's much more LadiesWhoLunch lol.

Note also that in the closing stages - when the palette turns to fresh clinical whites and appley pastels - that the casting goes very Nordic. Swedish. Errr.. Massage. This is a collection of Masseuse uniforms. Both Eastern and Western. Moving from dark to light. Flirting between East and West. Flirting because the clientele - and the message - is international. Ultimately the luxury lady will opt for safe and clean externally. In those places and moments when that is appropriate.

But in the back of her mind, in memory of a darker palette, and the crack of a whip, the kinky feel of a rubber booty, lurks a darker dirtier place free of convention or judgment. A place where civility falls off.

I think we're agreed Uemarasan, - we like the collection

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

After an awful collection for mens...This?

The problem for me is when you look at the HQ..It doesn't look well made. It doesn't feel luxury. What's going on there ?

Exactly.

 

[disco54]

This is not Prada ugly , its Prada ooogly.

 

[livcsc]

These shoes are SO wrong. Seriously, what was Miuccia thinking?

Anyway, I like just few (very few) pieces in this collection. S/S 2012 was way better.

 

[Vitamine W]

^Im truly hoping Pucci will bring us p*rn*gr*ph*c high slit monstrosities in aqua silk and lace to cleanse my palette after this cerebral mess. Dont get me wrong I love Miucca and I love all your temple/death-connotations, but guys its only fashion and I need a shot of deliciously trashy high end bikini-dresses to counterbalance this dark and autumny S/S 13 Im seeing everywhere..

 

[JuiceMajor]

I find myself in the same place everytime I see a Prada collection. Ugly on the runway and terribly seductive in real people on the street. And that is the brilliance of her work! Is not instance seduction. They grows on you and leave an impression! A long lasting one!

 

[pigleto972001]

The grey dresses w the red flowers, beautiful. But the appliqués on the chest...ruin them

 

[helmut.newton]

I agree with Mathewthew, this doesn't feel luxurious in any way whatsoever. Quite the opposite actually, it feels like a fashion students nightmare come to life. Those floral appliques and motifs, contrary to the opinion of one critic who called their use 'powerful', looked absolutely ridiculous. I would be humiliated to wear something as stupid as that on my dress. Miuccia might as well have put slogans on the dresses saying "fashion victim".

This is the emperors new clothes as its finest. Every single piece in the collection is hideous and no doubt those Prada-Fashion-Victims will be obsessing over this and claiming the rest of us "dont understand fashion" *rolls eyes*

For me the most entertaining part is reading all the reviews and how all the editors theorise all this sh*t. Referencing Japanese culture, Japanese architecture, the modernity of clothes. I'm sorry but its laughable. Kudos to them for going above and beyond to find new ways to give Prada more legitimacy and relevance. Shame they aren't subtle enough to do it without sounding ridiculously manipulated.

I miss the Prada collections of old, when she wasn't trying to so hard to be visionary and she was making great clothes with an aesthetic twist that was still tasteful, and very Milanese.

 

[Northern Star]

Jeez this is vile.......really, really bad and I didn't think this brand could get any worse and then this.
I do not find anything innovative here, just gimmicky. Even the plainer looks....which could barely scrape looking presentable are ruined by the atrocious footwear.
I am at a loss as to what she is trying to pass off as womenswear and I never change my mind about Prada a couple of months later either.....in fact I can tolerate it less after seeing it plastered all over magazine covers like the hideous print suits from Fall/Winter were.
Terrible styling yet again also, which will likely be transferred into the print ads.......so looking forward to their Spr/Sum campaign like a hole in the head.

 

[JustABoy]

^^ Manipulated in what sense? Because of money? I've seen people make the points about Japan in publications for whom Prada is not a huge source of ad revenue.

I suppose it's possible that everyone has colluded to obscure the foul nature of this collection and completely invented references without any basis in reality -- BUT that sounds likes a megalomaniacal conspiracy theory.

 

[LabelWhore4]

I'm loving the origami/kimono looks and some of the florals are actually working. Most of the coats are just gorgeous. I'm not a Prada gal by any stretch of the imagination but I'm really feeling this collection for some reason. I haven't liked one of her collections since spring 2011! And yes the footwear is quite heinous.

 

[BerlinRocks]

I see japanese influences, like that twisted version of an obi. I also feel a bit of dadaism on the style.
So far, it seems interesting and intriguing...

EDIT: The shoes are an hybrid between tabi and sandals.

I've not read all the pages yet ...
But when I see Dadaism associated with Prada, I just wanna jump and hit people with books ...
Please check what was Dada, in what context they worked, against what, who they were, what they did ... And then think again of this association Prada and Dada ... There's only rhyme ...

 

[Salvatore]

I really like the footwear a lot ! And no, I'm not a Prada Zombie.

 

[LabelWhore4]

I've not read all the pages yet ...
But when I see Dadaism associated with Prada, I just wanna jump and hit people with books ...
Please check what was Dada, in what context they worked, against what, who they were, what they did ... And then think again of this association Prada and Dada ... There's only rhyme ...

Well she does like atypical beauty and goes against traditional influences of fashion to form her own aesthetic. So in that sense I can see how her work could be compared to that movement and many others of the early 20th century. But I also get exactly where you are coming from.

 

[mackos]

Wow. The clothes are fantastic! This is a real nice return to Prada DNA, in my opinion. The first half reminds me a lot of Fall/Winter 2005 and the second half is like a hybrid of Spring 2002, 2003 and 2004.

I can't believe it, this is exactly what I thought! I really felt it had a true Miuccia-feel to it, evoking both F/W 05 and S/S 03 which I loved.

Although I'm not sure about some pieces on this collection, some footwear still remains questionable and I think it's getting too literal at some points, I love the beautiful simplicity of the opening black pieces, the slits & prints and the general feeling of the oriental minimalism.

 

[PrincessLovely]

I love this! As much as alot of people hate it,this collection will be all over magazines later on,So you guys better get used to it.