Prada S/S 2022 Milan & Shanghai

[jeanclaude]

No pics of the collection...are they afraid we can see this disaster up close?

 

[jeanclaude]

I´ve seen the pics at Vogue...and it´s official: the "conversations" are just "delirium".

Total lack of ideas, extreme repetition, ill-fitted dresses, logos over logos over logos...instead of "Milan-Shangai" I thought this was "Milan-Chernobyl"...it´s a total disaster!!

 

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[StylishCynic]

The devil ain't wearing any of it, but he definitely has demons in hell dressing the eternally damned in these clothes.

 

[jeanclaude]

I think "The Devil is designing at Prada" right now...

 

[Boeroe Sanka PhiloFashion]

Tailed women selling swea2ters and plain - but very sexy - leather jackets? I swear you guys : the asymetric sabots and the almost flat shoes are the same of summer 92 in Bologna, even same colors but they added some strong hues, which is not that difficult to ask to their tanneries. If somebody is cultivated enough to explain to me the function of those horrific satin dresses, please, explain that to me, peasant, because I cannot fathom their existence. Models looked awful, and not in the CdG bumps way: they were wearing really bad made garments. I Believe Miuccia en Raf, some evening when they both were really really drunk, decided to do something revolutionary: they tailored and stitched all collection by themselves ( except the leather pieces) et VOILA'that's what they made together!

 

[Deleted member 1957]

I honestly didnt mind the shoes and some of those dresses

 

[thatsfierce]

Are they even trying anymore? It's all fu**** up.

 

[Frederic01]

I personally loved this collection. So modern and chic. It reminded me of the Spring Summer 2003, and also to some extent the Spring Summer 2007 collections, with all that duchesse satin and focus on rigorous cut. I also loved the way the dresses were structured and the way they opened in the back; so sensual and gorgeous. An ode to the cut of Spring Summer 2009 no doubt.


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I know it's not everyones taste, but I personally thought this was a very smart and sophisticated take on the Prada archives. The fact that it is so unadorned and that it doesn't rely on an abundance of prints is unique, particularly in today's fashion landscape where prints and logo's seem to dominate.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

There is something I like about the yellow/chartreuse color satin with the matching color snaps.

But really I feel like this collection was an icky corporate mess. Trying to act “discreet” by not spelling out the brand anywhere, just using triangles all over the place. Had the same effect for me regardless. Barf. Especially those tops and dresses with the big fold over triangle on the chest AND the smaller triangle to the right. Why

 

[Overindulgence]

I know it's not everyones taste, but I personally thought this was a very smart and sophisticated take on the Prada archives. The fact that it is so unadorned and that it doesn't rely on an abundance of prints is unique, particularly in today's fashion landscape where prints and logo's seem to dominate.

100% agree with you. I'll even say I think this is the least pretentious Prada collection in a decade or so (gasps). My issues with Prada shows since like 2012 is how heavy handed they were, how overly hard they were trying to make a statement, trying to replicate the banana shirt success, how weak the accessories were, and always styling ugly hair/makeup on the models. I remember reading comments on past Prada collection threads stating how they wished Miuccia would just send down a simple sweater down the runway again and now that she has, it's lazy/corporate/she has nothing to say? Sure those issues I listed might not all be gone but it has been substantially minimized in this collection and I appreciate that. With better casting (think Daria, Raquel, etc.) and without the the tails on the skirt, this could have been close to a Prada show from the early 2000s in terms of mood.

 

[dior_couture1245]

With better casting (think Daria, Raquel, etc.) and without the the tails on the skirt, this could have been close to a Prada show from the early 2000s in terms of mood.

I hope at some point the industry remembers this. Models today - while many are pretty and some even gorgeous - do not have the personality, commitment or care to take it to the next level.

It'd be great seeing a new crop of strong, athletic, thoroughbred looking models with some edge and personality again...like the good ol' early 00's days...I'm done with the industry trotting out the old Queens of the past. Love them, but using them now is just a stunt and they look ridiculous next to all these dead-eye spider girls.

But I have to say, looking through the collection, I do think you're right that imagining this collection in 2003, worn by girls like Daria, Elise, Raquel, etc. it wouldn't be terrible. There are things here that annoy the sh*t out of me like the shoes, the oversized pieces (although I don't hate the leather jackets), some of the ill fitting satin gathered dresses, and I hate the arm bands...

Overall though, it's the best one these two have come up with. That being said, it leaves me 100% cold and it's 100% too pretentious. It doesn't mean anything. They're way too concerned with seeming cool. Prada used to BE cool when she cared about the way WOMEN dressed and she actually put some serious thought into coming up with ideas that were realistic and compelling. Everything here is just too complicated, even though it's fairly simple...there's a fussiness and indecisiveness that's very much a turn-off. A Prada show used to be so concise and confident. This is the kind of fashion show that exists simply as a fashion show. It doesn't get you wanting to see a woman out in the world wearing this. And my guess is that no one will want to wear this out in the world...aside from celebs being paid to wear it next season at the FW2022 preshow step-and-repeat.

Oh - and this whole Milan x Shanghai this is so baloney.

 

[0st3nd]

I like how He Cong and her younger sister He Zhi closed the show(s) in Milan and Shanghai respectively

 

[RaisinBoy]

Who cares any more.....

 

[YohjiAddict]

I already knew that the two-simultaneous-shows-gimmick spelled a complete bore since Prada is a brand where the final look is tweaked until the day before the show (Testament of it is F/W 2007 with all it's unreleased accessories they later auctioned-off and there was a pre-show lookbook of S/S 2014 that revealed alternate color-ways for many runway garments and an almost endless array of accessory combinations) but logistically that was impossible to do this season.

What we get is what I expected...but worse, a half-baked parade of nothing garments, Miuccia occasionally shows weak/lazy spring collections (S/S 03, 07, 13, 17, etc) riddled with plain garments that don't really say much and really only serve as a background for the love-it-or-hate-it accessory of the season. This time around I don't even see that strong statement in the accessory department and the garments themselves are hideous! You can tell neither Raf nor Miuccia care at all about the finished garments, the Helmut Lang trains (F/W 95) are terribly executed, the detailing is unnecessary and the use of color completely unimaginative.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this is easily Prada's worst collection to date.

 

[Ruito]

You can always count on them when in need for a good laugh. Toilet paper trail dresses and skirts were divine.

I kept getting worried of the models tripping on it! xD

 

[guimon]

This is not Prada. This is CK by Raf Simons.

And a very weak collection. Where's the fashion, the design, the creativity? I don't see it.

Also, that is one of the most uninspiring opener/new face I've ever seen. The only good thing about this was Cong He closing the show.

 

[Frederic01]

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[gossiping]

why did they make the pictures doubles? it adds nothing