For Big J
: Carmen Miranda's
Tutti Fruitti Hat!
Hello Mrs
Prada! Oversized (those big sleeves and collars) kid's clothes and rugby stripes, the singing poster colour shades, the cartoon prints (right down to the fur stoles) seem taken straight from the nursery (and from the men's collection if you can even think back to July - isn't the set the same?). The shapes are un-tricky but have a purpose and interest more thought out than merely traditional, as was presented in
London (those black smocks and slip dresses aren't just simple smocks and slip dresses are they?).
As usual, Prada the cheeky iconoclast will be the trendsetter for this season and already I can see the headlines
Monkey Business, or
Going Bananas, or
Monkeying Around titling fashion spreads in the months to come. And that's how bananas the fashion publishing world can be: As bananas as a Carmen Miranda carnival? They wouldn't know it, if one of them wedgies (made for, and worn by Carmen Miranda by
Salvatore Ferragamo in the 1930s) hit them on the head.
For Big J: Carmen Miranda's Tutti Fruitti Hat!
Hello Mrs Prada! Oversized (those big sleeves and collars) kid's clothes and rugby stripes, the singing poster colour shades, the cartoon prints (right down to the fur stoles) seem taken straight from the nursery (and from the men's collection if you can even think back to July - isn't the set the same?). The shapes are un-tricky but have a purpose and interest more thought out than merely traditional, as was presented in London (those black smocks and slip dresses aren't just simple smocks and slip dresses are they?).
As usual, Prada the cheeky iconoclast will be the trendsetter for this season and already I can see the headlines Monkey Business, or Going Bananas, or Monkeying Around titling fashion spreads in the months to come. And that's how bananas the fashion publishing world can be: As bananas as a Carmen Miranda carnival? They wouldn't know it, if one of them wedgies (made for, and worn by Carmen Miranda by Salvatore Ferragamo in the 1930s) hit them on the head.
I am just a girl but I wonch wear any of these becos they wonch make me beautiful although I already am.
ReplyDeleteDear Beauty: These clothes are made to be worn by just about anyone. I really think that's the special quality that this label has - as exemplified by mrs prada herself. These are clothes for all ages and sizes and looks.
ReplyDeletelovin' her yellow banana shoulder-dusters already. so early Almodóvar!
ReplyDeleteDear Anon: Ah so clever of you! Indeed the entire collection does have that whacky/serious aesthetic. Isn't mrs prada a genius?
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