She has been called one of fashion's great intellectual. And without a doubt, there is no one quite as intimidating and awe-inspiring working in fashion today. In recent times, the lustre seems to have faded a bit from Prada, certainly a far cry from the ubiquitous black nylon bags of the early 90s. I mean Spring 2009 Ready to Wear was most notable for falling models which inspired a thousand blog posts and fashion editorial to boot, a great addition to urban lore, not too sure about sales.
But Prada continues to engage and fascinate me. The sheer diversity of her collections, the evident intellectual rigor and childlike curiousity shines through and the items are works of modern art.
And ironically, while the rest of the fashion world swoons over Balmain and Wang and the now omnipresent Louboutins, I find myself building up quite a sizable wish list of Prada items instead.1) The Book
"Just to do a few ultra-sophisticated things for the connoisseurs, as they are called – for me, that's completely boring. You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through."
-- Miuccia Prada
Read more about it here.
2) Resort Bag
3) Prada thinks it's time for a revival of the nylon bags. The sheen and slouch certainly seems a nice counterpoint to the structured jackets and oversized tees populating the stores now. But more importantly, they are so "out", they definitely seem due to come back in...like shoulderpads :p
(Picture of Miuccia from here, Prada runway photos all from Style and Prada bags from Stylecaster)
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