Prada FRTW 10
I know this is old news by now, but hey whatever. First of all, I thought my enthusiasm would soon fade for this collection but I still find myself being totally in love with the fabulous juxtaposition of the supposed ugliness (socks in heels, fabrics) with the classic and always beautiful 50s hourglass shape. Also: EYEBROW GLASSES.
I also can’t help but loving the fabulous dowdiness of the wool outfits.
The ruffles are simply awesome.
The details are by far my favourite part though.
So my conclusion is: total fabulosity. Sadly, though, I can’t help but to be really, really irked about something… The use of supposed plus-sized models. When I first looked at this collection I HAD NO IDEA. Meg from good morning midnight had to point this out. So yeah, supposed plus-sized models are quite en vogue now. But what really really INTENSELY bothers me about Miuccia Prada’s use of Lara Stone and other “bigger” models is that during that same time Prade got what she wanted when she stomped her feet and claimed she couldn’t design for bigger people for an opera production. Ugh, juxtaposition of ugliness with beauty returns: such pretty clothes she makes, such a terrible person she seems.
Also, speaking of Prada, I think I’m incredibly disppointed at Miu Miu this fall :(. Maybe I just need time. Hopefully!
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right? Marc Jacbos did the same thing at LV though — used Cat McNeil, Elle MacPherson, other older / Victorias-Secret-sized-and-therefore-FAT-models (these women are really just sized more like ME, and, like, really?) — and it’s a lot of bullshit but it was sort of nice to see some of these girls on the catwalk again, even if it is a disgusting publicity stunt on the part of Miuccia Prada.
A few things that I did sort of think were okay about that though — I went on and on about how Mark Fast crammed his plus-size models into horribly unflattering dresses two seasons in a row — at least Prada and LV like, in using still very thin/perfect/beautiful women who (by nature of having breasts + hips) are possibly a more healthy ideal of female beauty than 15 year olds but like, whaaatever — at least the clothes they made were clothes that would FIT and LOOK GOOD on women over the age of 15, under the height of 5’11″, and over the weight of 110 lbs. I think the fact that we didn’t even notice that Doutzen and Karolina are so “chubby” says something about the clothes, and how unecessary it really is to use such young/skinny models? I DUNNO. I liked seeing stuff that would look cute on my mom AND on me.
I KNOW I just saw it! I’m hoping this could become an actual thing again, rather than just a stunt. I’d be awesome if the frail girls didn’t wholly disappear but would be mixed with “larger” models. Hopefully, this could then also evolve to using actual plus-sized girls on the runway. But I keep hoping and hoping and I’m always getting disappointed in the end, sigh.Maybe though, out of trends will spring something long-lasting? JUST MAYBE.
Those clothes really would look great on anyone though. And that’s part what’s so interesting because these outfits are often very dowdy and a little “ugly” but it could really really work on anyone. And what was cool was that these were thin models and supposedly larger ones as well because there’s been shows that have these fabulous curvy silhouettes but use super thin models WEARING PADDING, wtf? But still, this mixed with the news that Prada was supposedly unable to design for fuller people makes me think this is all just a stunt.
I hadn’t seen the collection yet so it’s news to me! Ack, I really tried to follow style.com this season but I got so overwhelmed at the end and distracted by other stuff.
I agree with you on the whole fake plus-sized thing and that it seems like a stunt to get positive press more often than not, but isn’t it happening more and more? I’m hoping that the current plus-size will become more and more normal and then designers will use actual plus-size to get more press and then maybe we can develop to a fashion industry that is more appreciative of variety?
Okay, I am being totally optimistic here and even if it did, it would take ages but there’s no harm in dreaming? XD
Also, the opera thing is completely awful. What if someone tried to do that with the singers? Eurgh. OH DEAR GOD it’s one of the few of those industries that isn’t marked by anorexia (in contrast to ballet and fashion) so PLEASE don’t start going in the wrong direction.
Yeah, it is happening more often but in this post I’m only referring to Prada. She seems to do it so obviously as a gimmick when you know about the opera.
I honestly don’t know if there’ll ever be a non-gimmicky change seeing as fashion still has an unhealthy obsession with youth and often this kind of frail beauty ideal is marketed to basically keep women and men down and keep consuming to try and reach a unreal ideal etc. And if there is a change it’ll probably be very one-sided again which though it might be healthier, it’ll still promote the same old archaic beliefs about beauty. We just need diversity, damn it. Whyyyy is that so hard to do?
ohh, those specs are wonderful!
love, fiftyseven
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