Prada S/S 2015 Milan - Reminder, No Model Talk in D&C
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Bravo, Miss Prada.
Maybe its Gemma opening (sorry, no more model talk!) but I feel 14 all over again. This reminded me why I started liking fashion in the first place, it'd been a while since a show excited or moved me, but this gave me literal goosebumps.
Maybe its Gemma opening (sorry, no more model talk!) but I feel 14 all over again. This reminded me why I started liking fashion in the first place, it'd been a while since a show excited or moved me, but this gave me literal goosebumps.
I love this.
The leather pieces are awesome too.
Besides what Scott mentions about abstaining from taking inspiration from smaller designers this season, I also like how busy and rich this is in a time where everyone is trying to be simple or ultra minimal or too time specific (60s, 90s)... despite all the amount of details going on, I get a relaxed feel from this maybe from the way it was conceived and what she often mentions about playing with what's "ugly" or challenging for her. I like how she keeps broadening expectations and ideas of luxury with the right dose of sense of humor (maybe not always humble) and that, with collections like this, she makes you double look and reconsider notions of taste.
The only downside about a collection like this, coming from her type of company, is that the way it's put out there can't really reflect whatever idea she had when making it (except marketing and design saturation is perfectly proportional you feel like you're in a bad dream), so by the end of the season, sometimes even before it starts especially when it comes to Prada, you're just completely fed up, the humor's dried up and the only place you want to see what was once a fun item and is now a status, seasonal "must-have" like this, is in a dog's mouth. It takes a while before you can tolerate it again.
(Scott, I still want a brocade skirt from that collection!
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the pyjama-style pieces at that
and i loved how it also blended with her mens. i digress....i think for me what's interesting about this is that she's bringing about some of those former ideas and making them look new,luxurious but also organic.
rip_ian_curtis....although i do think the idea of the mixture of textile and patterns are very much from the school of dries,ozbek and gigli,dries really didn't begin refining his look till the 2000's. in terms of silhouette,miuccia has actually been doing this since the 90's
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^^^ You really like this collection, don't you, Scott? LOL
It is very self-referencing and very brand new retro. All the shapes, cuts and styles have already been done in her previous collections. She's been pilfering her own archives-- which likely means her own closet, for some time now. But this time, there's a warmth, a charm and a genuine kookiness and approachability to all the self-referencing. It's kind of sweet, and very down-to-earth. Maybe it'll remind some people in this industry to be... a little more sweet and down-to-earth. Or just try to be a little less nasty...
It also reminds me of the way some girls I went to school with dressed: vintage, thriftstore and DIY-- not because they wanted to be arty and part of a scene, but because it's all they could afford when it came to clothes, so there's all this reference to the various decades in their style: 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s... And there's also a whiff of early-Margiela with all the recycled patchwork, wearable deconstructed designs, and deliberately destroyed, but still delicate raw edges and a quiet elegance. And, this is Miuccia after all, so the designs are never costume-y, campy, or cheap-looking even if she's always on the verge of retro. Prada collections may stumble from time to time, but they're always so focused, and tightly-edited, and this time, it;s no exception. I always admired that about Prada.
I'm not really a fan of the pieces on their own, but as a whole, I like it-- a lot, for all those warm memories it brings back of my school days, and for the Prada-precision, even in a collection that seems to be all about coming undone. It makes Miuccia very human after all, being connected to how some girls, and some women dressed, and still dress in real life-- despite her being the Prada empire and the one that still deservedly, declares marshall law in fashion.
It is very self-referencing and very brand new retro. All the shapes, cuts and styles have already been done in her previous collections. She's been pilfering her own archives-- which likely means her own closet, for some time now. But this time, there's a warmth, a charm and a genuine kookiness and approachability to all the self-referencing. It's kind of sweet, and very down-to-earth. Maybe it'll remind some people in this industry to be... a little more sweet and down-to-earth. Or just try to be a little less nasty...
It also reminds me of the way some girls I went to school with dressed: vintage, thriftstore and DIY-- not because they wanted to be arty and part of a scene, but because it's all they could afford when it came to clothes, so there's all this reference to the various decades in their style: 1920s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s... And there's also a whiff of early-Margiela with all the recycled patchwork, wearable deconstructed designs, and deliberately destroyed, but still delicate raw edges and a quiet elegance. And, this is Miuccia after all, so the designs are never costume-y, campy, or cheap-looking even if she's always on the verge of retro. Prada collections may stumble from time to time, but they're always so focused, and tightly-edited, and this time, it;s no exception. I always admired that about Prada.
I'm not really a fan of the pieces on their own, but as a whole, I like it-- a lot, for all those warm memories it brings back of my school days, and for the Prada-precision, even in a collection that seems to be all about coming undone. It makes Miuccia very human after all, being connected to how some girls, and some women dressed, and still dress in real life-- despite her being the Prada empire and the one that still deservedly, declares marshall law in fashion.
hey,phuel,i surprised myself a bit too 
you know i feel like the thing with dries and others....those approaches have become so engrained in our culture it's become a school of technique now...much like vionett's draping or balenciaga's structural elegance....i like that some of these designers are referencing such a transcendent and influential era in fashion as contemporary as it is...even ones like miuccia who could certainly just rest on her laurels.
you know i feel like the thing with dries and others....those approaches have become so engrained in our culture it's become a school of technique now...much like vionett's draping or balenciaga's structural elegance....i like that some of these designers are referencing such a transcendent and influential era in fashion as contemporary as it is...even ones like miuccia who could certainly just rest on her laurels.
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This is actually a fabulous collection! At first I didn't know what to think while watching it live but after viewing the pictures in HQ, especially the details, I am in love. Miucca never disappoints. I think it is great she is referencing an earlier era of her carrier, but in a new, fresh tone. There was something kitsch about it yet, it still exuded a lot of elegance; something that only Prada seems to pull of well enough. One other great thing about this is how wearable it is. The accessories too are to die for.
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The all leather coats didn't appeal to me but I love the deconsturction of the brocades. It's the best I've seen from her in a bit.
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