Prada Spring Summer 2013

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Alexandra

I hate that Prada can do ugly and everyone hails it as genius. The show started with a bunch of nothing-special outfits with a horrible flower motif. The florals continued, as a fur intarsia (love) and more terrible prints (loathe.) A lot of the pieces look like something a bad fashion student would put together, from a mood board of 60′s flower power. And the shoes, boat monstrosities that made the models look bad. Why is this allowed?

I love…

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floral fur intarsias. Prada always does great summer furs.

I loathe…

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ridiculous slits. And what’s with the lame flower motif?

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an unbelievably tacky little dress. Seriously, would anyone pay four digits for this?

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an outfit that NO ONE SHOULD EVER WEAR.

All images from Vogue.com.

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  • Allison P

    Ha! Ha! I giggle every time I see you write “like something a bad fashion student would put together”!!!
    25 years ago, as a fashion student, I cannot recall how many times I said, “No one else is doing anything like this.” Sometimes there’s a reason for that! One doesn’t need to include every design idea they have on one garment nor do they need to rigidly stick to a theme (flowers!).

  • Dimitar

    At first I liked it but I didn’t understand the fur (who will need it for spring?). Now, the more I look at it, the more I start to see the mistakes and it’s not looking good anymore. Plus, the hideous shoes that left me speechless. As a whole, Milan is dying soooo badly that I feel for the designers that are still showing their collections there.

  • Rudolf Barney-Seabra

    This is Miuccia Prada being brave. Does it work? I still don`t know, but what I do know is that Prada usually takes time to kick in. Plus, someone has to bother to try something that not everyone else would, and that`s why many people call her a genius.

  • Akvil? Lesauskait?

    I don’t like these huge flowers. Looks like from a cheap market. Though I didn’t believe at those car-shoes either from the first sight, but fell in love with the collection right afterwards. We’ll see if editorials will love SS collection as the last one.
    A. from http://doc-fashion.blogspot.it/

  • Sue Dickie

    Your right on! I hope in time these looks don’t ‘kick in’!

  • alexandrasuhnerisenberg

    Some very good points, but I just feel that beauty of some sort needs to be present in every fashion collection, and this one failed in that sense. Fashion isn’t art, it is a huge industry that, at the end of the day, is about selling clothes (or in this case, accessories.) The weird florals and 60′s looks could have possibly worked if the fabrics didn’t look so cheap, but those satins look horrible.

    You do, however, make some good points about accessories. And speaking of Comme, they did these giant felt cartoon coats for FW12 (in red and yellow or a pink combination) which are in store right now, and even though they are completely ridiculous, they are quite amazing. Check them out, if you can.

  • alexandrasuhnerisenberg

    Spring and summer aren’t necessary tropical seasons (certainly not where I am from) so I would totally wear a little fur sweater, just like I would have totally worn those striped fox stoles they did a few seasons back. We need to cover our shoulders in warm weather, right?

  • http://twitter.com/Ines_Cruz Inés Cruz

    I hated this collection… it has zero appeal, and it’s very unflattering

    http://www.chezagnes.blogspot.com

  • Jasper

    i’m excited to be obsessed by this collection in a couple weeks/months after the world of fashion forces me to think it’s cool :D SOUNDS STUPID, but it happens..