Fantastic Plastic ? Miuccia Prada wanted her collection for Spring Summer 2010 to reflect a girl who would go from work to the beach. Overall, I enjoyed this collection because most pieces seemed very wearable and the silhouettes felt fresh. I thoroughly enjoyed the colors selected for this seasons designs because they were not your average spring slash summer colors. The colors chosen reminded me of the palette that Marni usually sticks to. I did not like the skirts or dresses at the end of the show with the dangling crystals. Maybe if they had been mixed into the show differently I would have liked them better.
Lara Stone backstage at Prada spring 2010 show
This post is however not about the clothes, it is about the re- occurring theme of plastic, vinyl, and crystal accessories. What caught my attention about the accessories of this collection, was the repetition and cohesiveness of the designs. The shoes, sunglasses, and purses all fit together beautifully… Where there was a green pair of sunglasses, there was a crystal shoe with green accents waiting. Personally, I would never use a plastic purse of any style, unless MAYBE going to the beach. (I do not need the world to see what I am carrying around. My earliest memories of this style purse is from the workers on breaks outside Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bloomingdales. It is a rule for them that they must use purses where one can see all of the contents of the bag so one is no easily able to steal.) For runway use, I thought the purses were very cute and tied the whole look together of hip business gal goes to the beach. The only shoes that I really disliked were the half grandma half stripper clear shoes with the dangling crystals…I prefer to keep the chandelier pieces attached to the chandelier in the dining room ! Aesthetically, I thought it looked way tacky that you could see the velcro strips on each shoe, especially if you are going to be paying a hefty fee.
Chanel concept-only clear case from runway fall 2009
Prada might of not done their homework, as Chanel did a line very close to this a few seasons ago including all styles of handbags, shoes, jewelry, and sunglasses; It did not do amazingly. Stella McCartney designed a shoe a few years ago that had a similar look to the dark grey heel with the severely pointed toe as well.
Chanel clear shoes and clear bag from spring 2007
Watch the Prada spring show with commentary and interviews here:
Keke Lindgard, Bregje Heinen, Rasa Zukauskaite, Alisa Matviychuk, Anastasia Kuznetsova backstage at Prada
Love magazine's Katie Grand
Camera della Moda's president Mario Boselli (right)
Neiman Marcus’ Ken Downing, Neiman Marcus’ Burt Tansky, Saks Fifth Avenue’s Terron Schaefer, Italian fashion writer and style icon Anna Piaggi (who is famous for spreads in Italian Vogue and still uses a bright red manual Olivetti typewriter for her work), 10 Corso Como owner Carla Sozzani (who is twin sister to Italian Vogue editor, Franca Sozzani), Style.com writer Sarah Mower, fashion critic Tim Blanks, Russian Vogue‘s Aliona Doletskaya, German Vogue’s Christiane Arp.
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