Continuing on in her quest to never make a woman look pretty
we now have one more collection to add to that never ending ideal. Miuccia
Prada does not disappoint when it comes to keeping her word although she might
have slipped a bit this go round. In a change of pace format, this review will
first state the facts then the opinion... see what you think!
Here are the facts … deco ish prints, colorful, fur looks.
Sheer dresses, incongruous shoe choices of sandals with furs with sheer
dresses, shapeless, patent leather boots, fur dresses, taped/piped edges,
oversize proportions, emphasis on outerwear, not many handbags were shown, the
ubiquitous necktie scarf, and a
preponderance of red.
The opinions are follows … the proportion looks oddly Thom
Brownish, the sheer dresses are patently absurd and useless, the wooly mammoth
or big foot dresses followed in that train of thought, those patent boots look mighty
cheap, the color block shearlings are a bit much (to say the least) and
apparently even Ms. Prada has dialed down the usual insanity she injects with
each collection. From where I sit, I can actually see some appeal in the some
of the shoes and the handbags as well as in that deep V chevron knit which
appears over and over again in one permutation or another. While on the subject
of appeal, one might even have to consider the taped or piped edged pieces. It
must be difficult to try intentionally to make consistently ugly clothes but
alas even she slipped and did some very palatable pieces.
Whether or not she and this collection are a barometer of
what’s to come remains a mystery but what is factual is that the arrogance and
hubris of past collections has slithered away in a quest to possibly SELL
CLOTHES!!! Imagine that! Even consider the fact that the models didn’t look
like they just rolled out of bed or were on the verge of O D’ing ... me thinks
the mindset is on sales and not so much on manifesto this season!
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